Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, ul. Mokra 17, 05-830, Kajetany, Nadarzyn, Poland.
Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Department of the Medical, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Oct;279(10):4815-4823. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07324-8. Epub 2022 Mar 14.
To gauge the benefits to children of upgrading speech processors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study involved 297 children, aged from 7.3 to 18.0 years, whose processors were upgraded to either Nucleus 7 or Kanso 2, or to Sonnet 2 or Rondo 3. To document the benefits of the upgrades, a speech-in-noise discrimination test and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) were used.
There was a significant benefit from the newer processors in terms of speech discrimination in noise. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) indicated less hearing disability, a higher level of functioning in everyday life situations, and more satisfaction with the new speech processor in social situations.
There is a measurable improvement in performance when the devices are upgraded to the new technology.
评估在 COVID-19 大流行期间升级言语处理器对儿童的益处。
该研究涉及 297 名年龄在 7.3 至 18.0 岁之间的儿童，他们的处理器升级为 Nucleus 7 或 Kanso 2，或升级为 Sonnet 2 或 Rondo 3。为了记录升级的益处，使用了言语噪声辨别测试和患者报告的结果测量（PROMs）。
在噪声中的言语辨别方面，新处理器具有显著优势。患者报告的结果测量（PROMs）表明听力障碍减轻，日常生活情景中的功能水平提高，以及在社交情景中对新言语处理器的满意度提高。
当设备升级到新技术时，性能会有明显提高。
