Visual Tests as a Proxy for Top-Down Processing Evaluations in Cochlear Implant Patients
Session Number
Project ID: MEDH 09
Advisor(s)
Claus-Peter Richter, Northwestern University
Discipline
Medical and Health Sciences
Start Date
17-4-2024 9:20 AM
End Date
17-4-2024 9:35 AM
Abstract
Cochlear implants have benefited hearing-impaired patients by providing a medium through which they can perceive sound. However postoperative dissatisfaction remains an issue amongst a significant proportion of patients. Studies suggest that patient dissatisfaction may be attributable to a lower top-down processing ability amongst certain patients with cochlear implants. However testing their processing ability is difficult considering that patients with cochlear implants are hearing impaired, and therefore cannot reliably take a hearing test to measure processing ability. This study aims to determine if a series of visual tests designed to test individuals ability to interpret scrambled information are a potential method that could be utilized to determine patients top-down processing ability in relation to auditory stimuli. These tests will be administered to subjects with and without cochlear implants to determine whether visual top-down processing ability can accurately assess auditory top-down processing capabilities amongst patients.
Visual Tests as a Proxy for Top-Down Processing Evaluations in Cochlear Implant Patients
Cochlear implants have benefited hearing-impaired patients by providing a medium through which they can perceive sound. However postoperative dissatisfaction remains an issue amongst a significant proportion of patients. Studies suggest that patient dissatisfaction may be attributable to a lower top-down processing ability amongst certain patients with cochlear implants. However testing their processing ability is difficult considering that patients with cochlear implants are hearing impaired, and therefore cannot reliably take a hearing test to measure processing ability. This study aims to determine if a series of visual tests designed to test individuals ability to interpret scrambled information are a potential method that could be utilized to determine patients top-down processing ability in relation to auditory stimuli. These tests will be administered to subjects with and without cochlear implants to determine whether visual top-down processing ability can accurately assess auditory top-down processing capabilities amongst patients.