Abstract
Researchers have identified speech perception training paradigms that hold potential for training CI users. However, there is extensive outcome variability, likely because some learners have a greater initial ability to perceive the acoustic differences among the to-be-learned speech sounds. For those listeners without such ability, simplifying the training set results in improved performance. We suggest future efforts could reduce outcome variability by assessing individual abilities pre-training and then assigning training sets based on ability level.
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Ingvalson, E.M., Wong, P.C.M. (2016). Auditory Training: Predictors of Success and Optimal Training Paradigms. In: Young, N., Iler Kirk, K. (eds) Pediatric Cochlear Implantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2788-3_19
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