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Published in final edited form as: Otol Neurotol. 2015 Dec;36(10):1628–1632. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000867

Table 1.

Definitions used to classify device use and testing conditions.

Name	Definition
Acoustic Stimulation	Use of the word “acoustic” refers to sound delivered with or without amplification only.
CI Only Stimulation	Use of the word “electric” refers to sound delivered via the Hybrid cochlear implant only.
Hybrid Stimulation	Use of unilateral acoustic hearing, with or without amplification, in addition to electric hearing via the Hybrid cochlear implant in the *same* ear.
Bimodal Stimulation	Use of unilateral acoustic hearing, with or without amplification, in addition to electric hearing only via the Hybrid cochlear implant in the *opposite* ear.
Combined Stimulation	Use of *bilateral* acoustic hearing, with or without amplification, in addition to electric hearing via the Hybrid cochlear implant. That is, a combination of the Hybrid and Bimodal conditions.
Contra Acoustic HA	Use of contralateral acoustic hearing. That is, only acoustic hearing in the contralateral ear. Nothing in the ipsilateral implanted ear.