Cochlear device users benefit less from electrode deactivation than AB and MEDEL users

Evidence

Overall the results demonstrated significant improvements in speech understanding in quiet and noise for re-mapped participants, with no particular test exhibiting the greatest improvements. Cochlear users were less likely to benefit from electrode deactivation than users of the other devices. As speculated earlier it could be that the n-of-m strategies used in the Cochlear device may be less sensitive to channel overlap effects because not all channels are stimulated in each cycle. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2051

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2051
• XREF: connects to: Pitch-based electrode deactivation provides no speech benefit for ACE users — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2050; CT-guided electrode deactivation benefits only half of cochlear implant users — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2051; Deactivating multiple implant electrodes can worsen frequency information transmission (+2 more)