One-year follow up of auditory performance in post-lingually deafened adults implanted with the Neurelec Digisonic？ SP/Saphyr？ Neo cochlear implant system | Audiology Research

This study aimed to quantify outcomes in a group of patients who were implanted with an Oticon Medical Neurelec (Vallauris, France) cochlear implant system, the Digisonic？ SP/Saphyr？ Neo. Ten participants took part in this preliminary study. Their speech perception capacities were evaluated at 3, 6, and 12-months after cochlear implant activation and compared to pre-implantation scores and to scores observed with former versions of the sound processor. Compared to former versions of the sound processor, patients using the Saphyr？ Neo processor obtained better speech perception scores for sentences in silence at each tests session (3 months: 79%, 6 months: 82% and 12 months: 94%) compared to Digisonic？ users (respectively: 58%, 69% and 75%) and Convex sound processor users (resp. 39%, 59% and 51%). These observations confirm that the technological improvements made in the Saphyr？ Neo sound processor coupled with the Digisonic？ implant, provided quantifiable benefits in speech perception in Quiet compared to former versions of the processor Convex and Digisonic？ SP