Ricerc@Sapienza

The present experiment examined how the interaction between senders' communicative competence, veracity and the medium through which judgments were made affected observers' accuracy. Stimuli were obtained from a previous study. Observers (N = 220) judged the truthfulness of statements provided by a good truth teller, a good liar, a bad truth teller, and a bad liar presented either via an audio-only, video-only, audio-video, or transcript format.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the link between Temporal Fine Structure (TFS) processing, pitch and speech perception performance in adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients, including bimodal listeners who may benefit better low frequency (LF) temporal coding in the contralateral ear. Design: The study participants were 43 adult CI recipients (23 unilateral, 6 bilateral, 14 bimodal listeners). Two new LF pitch perception tests - Harmonic Intonation (HI) and Disharmonic Intonation (DI) - were used to evaluate TFS sensitivity.

Objective: Bimodal stimulation is a standard option for asymmetric hearing loss in adults. Questions have been raised whether receiving two stimulations may conflict in elderly listeners where the central integration of an acoustic/electrical signal may be very important to obtain benefit in terms of speech perception.
Design: Clinical retrospective study.
Study Sample: The outcomes from 17 bimodal cochlear implant (CI) users were analysed. The test material consisted of speech audiometry in quiet and in noise (STARR and Matrix).

With progressive expansion in candidacy criteria for CI, it is increasingly common to implant candidates with severe to profound hearing loss in one side and substantial acoustic hearing in the contralateral hear (Mild-moderate HL up to 500Hz and severe to profound > 1000 Hz). These patient typically display > 50% sentences recognition in quiet and poor recognition in noise. One critical factor is the long duration of hearing loss with variable deprivation of the implanted side.