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How Does Deep Neural Network-Based Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids Impact Cochlear Implant Candidacy?

Version 1 : Received: 4 November 2024 / Approved: 4 November 2024 / Online: 5 November 2024 (11:18:52 CET)

How to cite: Saoji, A. A.; Sheikh, B. A.; Bertsch, N. J.; Goulson, K. R.; Graham, M. K.; McDonald, E. A.; Bross, A. E.; Vaisberg, J. M.; Kühnel, V.; Voss, S. C.; Qian, J.; Hogan, C. H.; DeJong, M. D. How Does Deep Neural Network-Based Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids Impact Cochlear Implant Candidacy?. Preprints 2024, 2024110250. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0250.v1 Saoji, A. A.; Sheikh, B. A.; Bertsch, N. J.; Goulson, K. R.; Graham, M. K.; McDonald, E. A.; Bross, A. E.; Vaisberg, J. M.; Kühnel, V.; Voss, S. C.; Qian, J.; Hogan, C. H.; DeJong, M. D. How Does Deep Neural Network-Based Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids Impact Cochlear Implant Candidacy?. Preprints 2024, 2024110250. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0250.v1

Abstract

Background/Objectives Adult hearing-impaired patients qualifying for cochlear implants typically exhibit less than 60% sentence recognition in their best hearing aid condition, either in quiet or noisy environments, with speech and noise presented through a single speaker. This study examines the influence of deep neural network-based (DNN-based) based noise reduction on cochlear implant evaluation. Methods Speech perception was assessed using AzBio sentences in both quiet and noisy conditions (multi-talker babble) at 5 and 10 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) through one loudspeaker. Sentence recognition scores were measured for 10 (5-bilateral, 5-unilateral) hearing-impaired patients using three hearing aid programs: calm situation, speech in noise, and spheric speech in loud noise (DNN-based noise reduction). Speech perception results were compared to bench analyses comprising the phase inversion technique, employed to predict SNR improvement, and the Hearing-Aid Speech Perception Index (HASPI v2), utilized to predict speech intelligibility. Results The spheric speech in loud noise program improved speech perception by 20 to 32% points as compared to the calm situation program. This improvement might make it difficult for some patients to achieve the

Keywords

cochlear implants; hearing aids; deep neural network

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Otolaryngology

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