Table 1.
Subject details, including age at time of the experiments (in years), duration of deafness before acquiring a CI (“DD,” in months), duration of CI use at time of testing (“CI use”, in years), and etiology of deafness of the implanted ear
| Subject | DD | CI use | Age | Etiology | CI ear | Reason for implantation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR09 | 10 | 7.3 | 62.2 | Acute | Left | Regain stereophonic hearing |
| FR10 | 2 | 5.7 | 48.0 | Meningitis (pneumococci) | Right | Reduce listening effort |
| FR11 | 7 | 7.8 | 47.1 | Acute | Right | Regain stereophonic hearing |
| FR12 | 16 | 0.6 | 47.9 | Acute | Right | Participation in society |
| FR13 | 24 | 6.0 | 34.2 | Acute | Left | Improve hearing in noise |
| FR14 | 3 | 7.8 | 48.9 | Labyrinthitis | Left | Regain stereophonic hearing |
| FR15 | 13 | 6.9 | 51.1 | Noise trauma | Right | Preventative (noise trauma) |
| FR16 | 6 | 8.1 | 32.0 | Trauma: bone fracture | Left | Regain stereophonic hearing |
| FR17 | 19 | 2.8 | 54.9 | Acute | Left | Improve hearing in noise |
| FR18 | 4 | 5.6 | 34.4 | Cogan-I-Syndrome | Right | Regain directional hearing |
| FR19 | 23 | 1.6 | 57.0 | Acoustic neuroma | Right | Regain directional hearing |