Auditory rehabilitation after stroke: treatment of auditory processing disorders in stroke patients with personal frequency-modulated (FM) systems.

CONCLUSIONS: Personal FM systems may substantially improve speech-in-noise deficits in stroke patients who are not eligible for conventional hearing aids. FMs are feasible in stroke patients and show promise to address impaired AP after stroke. Implications for Rehabilitation This is the first study to investigate the benefits of personal frequency-modulated (FM) systems in stroke patients with disordered AP. All cases significantly improved speech perception in noise with the FM systems, when noise was spatially separated from the speech signal by 90° compared with unaided listening. Personal FM systems are feasible in stroke patients, and may be of benefit in just under 20% of this population, who are not eligible for conventional hearing aids. PMID: 27008578 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - March 22, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Koohi N, Vickers D, Chandrashekar H, Tsang B, Werring D, Bamiou DE Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research