Table 2.
Preoperative Speech-Recognition Scores, Years of Hearing Aid (HA) Use, and Years of Cochlear Implant (Cl) Use
| Participant | Pre-Op Sentences, HA Ear |
Pre-Op Sentences, Cl Ear |
Years of HA Use, HA Ear |
Years of HA Use, Cl Ear |
Years of Cl Use |
Cl Strategy and Rate (pps/ch) |
Maxima | Processor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58 | 40 | 40 | 22 | 3.3 | ACE 1800 | 8 | SPrint |
| 2 | 38 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 1.0 | ACE 1800 | 8 | SPrint |
| 3 | 59 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 | ACE 1200 | 11 | Freedom |
| 4 | 60 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 1.7 | ACE 1800 | 8 | 3G |
| 5 | 59 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 1.2 | ACE 1800 | 8 | 3G |
| 6 | 17 | 3 | 46 | 41 | 4.5 | ACE 900 | 12 | 3G |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1.1 | ACE 1200 | 10 | 3G |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 42 | 2.6 | ACE 1800 | 8 | SPrint |
| 9 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 2.4 | ACE 900 | 12 | 3G |
| 10 | DNT | 44 | 19 | 18 | 1.6 | ACE 1800 | 8 | 3G |
| 11 | 29 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 2.8 | SPEAK 250 | 9 | 3G |
| 12 | 52 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 1.6 | ACE 1800 | 8 | 3G |
| 13 | 25 | 36 | 41 | 5 | 2.7 | ACE 1800 | 8 | 3G |
| 14 | 45 | DNT | 37 | 33 | 4.9 | ACE 1200 | 10 | 3G |
| 15 | DNT | 2 | 35 | 35 | 3.9 | ACE 900 | 8 | 3G |
| 16 | 15 | 15 | 32 | 30 | 4.5 | ACE 1800 | 8 | SPrint |
| 17 | 53 | DNT | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | ACE 1800 | 8 | 3G |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 0.6 | ACE 1800 | 8 | 3G |
| 19 | 5 | 8 | 0.4 | 24 | 0.4 | ACE 1200 | 8 | 3G |
| Mean | 33.5 | 20.8 | 25.3 | 23.2 | 2.4 | |||
| SD | 22.3 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 1.3 |
Note: Pre-op aided sentence score at 70 dB SPL with Hearing in Noise Test sentences; bold = input level 60 dB SPL; italics = Central Institute for the Deaf sentences; Years of HA Use, HA Ear = years of hearing aid experience in the nonimplanted ear prior to implantation of the opposite ear; Years of HA Use, Cl Ear = years of hearing aid experience in the ear to be implanted with the cochlear implant.