Some aspects of adjustment of a speech processor of the cochlear implants Combi-40/40+ and Tempo+
Petrov, S.M.
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 2002(6): 16-18
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4668 PMID: 12501767 Document Number: 550530
The author describes how to perform the first switching on the speech processors (SP) and subsequent adjustment of cochlear implant SP. These SP Combi-40/40+ and Tempo+ were adjusted in 25 patients aged 2 to 27 years who lost hearing at the age 0-26 years. By problems arising at the first switching on and adjustment, all the implanted patients can be divided into three groups: postlingual - those who lost hearing after speech establishment; perilingual - those who lost hearing step by step starting from hypoacusis; prelingual - those who had lost hearing before they could speak. How to adjust SP in each group of the above patients is described.