Table 1.

Participant background characteristics.

S#	Sex	Device	Etiology	Age	Duration hearing loss	Duration CI use	CNC	Env. Sounds
1	F	Nucleus 24	Congenital/Unknown	40	19	7	76	67
2	F	Clarion CII	Measles	56	53	4	81	63
3	F	Clarion CII	Congenital/Unknown	64	39	4	73	38
4	F	Clarion-Auria	Measles	43	37	2	4	25
5	F	Clarion-Auria	Unknown	56	51	2	76	69
6	M	Nucleus-Freedom	Noise-induced	80	35	1	63	51
7	F	Nucleus 24	Unknown	55	35	1	61	42
8	M	Nucleus 24	Unknown	54	51	2	30	51
9	F	Nucleus-Freedom	Measles	42	39	1	2	16
10	F	Nucleus-Freedom	Nerve deafness	56	52	2	50	60
11	F	Nucleus-Freedom	Unknown	70	35	1	89	49
12	M	Nucleus-Freedom	Congenital/Unknown	51	45	2	40	39
13	F	Clarion – Harmony	Unknown	64	64	6	31	32
14	F	Nucleus-Freedom	Autoimmune response	67	61	6	35	35
15	F	Nucleus-Freedom	Unknown	64	14	3	1	28
16	M	Nucleus-Freedom	Unknown	75	40	7	79	36
17	M	Nucleus CI 24R (CS)	Meningitis	53	46	4	89	68