Clinical Management of Audiological Disorders

<p><span style=color: rgba(23 43 77 1)>Profound sensorineural hearing loss can be successfully treated with cochlear implants. In recent decades great success has been achieved for these devices when used in quiet environments. However cochlear implant users still face challenges in everyday communication. These include for example soft or distant speech reverberation interference of speech by sounds with different temporal characteristics and varying numbers and locations of interfering signals.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(23 43 77 1)>There are a variety of approaches to address this challenge including digital signal processing algorithms bilateral and bimodal provision etc. Furthermore research methods utilized to study this topic include e.g. psycho-acoustics speech audiometry electrophysiology virtual acoustics data-logging and questionnaires.</span></p>