Effect of Stimulation Rate on Cochlear Implant Users ’ Phoneme, Word and Sentence Recognition in Quiet and in Noise

improved as the number of electrodes was increased from 4 to 8, but no significant difference showed between 8, 12 and 16 electrodes. Altogether, there was little-to-no advantage of high stimulation rates in quiet or in noise, at least for the present speech tests and conditions. Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Base