Spectral resolution closely predicts vowel and consonant recognition in CI users

Evidence

Spectral resolution has been reported to be closely related to vowel and consonant recognition in cochlear implant (CI) listeners (Litvak et al. 2007 ). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1823

Spectral resolution has been reported to be closely related to vowel and consonant recognition in cochlear implant (CI) listeners (Litvak et al. 2007 ). One measure of spectral resolution is the spectral modulation threshold (SMT), which is defined as the smallest detectable spectral contrast in the spectral ripple stimulus (Litvak et al. 2007 ). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1823

Categorization

• XREF: This causal link between a physiological/psychophysical resolution measure and speech outcome is central to the reader’s interest in how hearing measures predict cognition.
• DEFINE: Defines spectral modulation threshold (SMT) as smallest detectable spectral contrast in a ripple stimulus — a key psychoacoustic measure.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1823