Speech and music are different
When choosing a cochlear implant (CI), the first concern is how well it delivers speech sounds. But for those who love listening to or even playing music, it’s crucial to find one that’s optimized for that as well. How well a CI processes speech can be different from how it processes music because speech sounds and music sounds are very different.
Sound has three primary components: frequency (pitch), intensity (loudness), and time. A hearing device only needs to deliver a small fraction of those components for the listener to understand speech, but to transmit music with enough fidelity for it to be enjoyable, much more detail is needed.
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Advanced Bionics
02 May 2024