Direct Acoustic Cochlear Implants Lead to an Improved Speech Perception Gap Compared to Conventional Hearing Aid

Conclusions: For patients with moderate-to-severe inner ear hearing loss between 45 and 65 dB HL, better speech perception in quiet is obtained with the DACI system. Compared with conventional hearing aids, speech performance with the DACI is closer to the maximally possibly score PBmax.
Source: Otology and Neurotology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Prosthetic Devices Source Type: research