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Peer reviewedValimaa, Taina T.; Maatta, Taisto K.; Lopponen, Heikki J.; Sorri, Martti J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
A study investigated how 19 Finnish adults who were postlingually severely or profoundly hearing impaired would relearn to recognize vowels after receiving multi-channel cochlear implants. Average vowel recognition was 68% 6 months after switch-on, and 80% 24 months after switch-on. Vowels y, e, and o were most difficult. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Cochlear Implants, Deafness
