This study aims to improve how cochlear implants help people hear by testing different ways to process sound. Researchers will compare how people with and without cochlear implants hear sounds. They will look at how different sound coding strategies, like Single-Electrode Pulse Train, Modulation Detection Threshold (MDT) and Gap Detection Tasks, and Electric-only spectral resolution, affect hearing. The study is open to individuals aged 6 to 80 years old who have cochlear implants (implanted before age 2 or post-lingually) or normal hearing. The main goals are to see if these new strategies improve how well people hear loudness, and how well they can distinguish sounds over time and across different pitches. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 190 participants.

Study design

This is an interventional study that plans to enroll 190 participants. It will compare information from individuals with and without cochlear implants.

What's involved

Participants will have their loudness growth, temporal resolution (how well they hear sounds over time), and spectral resolution (how well they distinguish different pitches) measured at a baseline visit and again at week 10.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

Participants will be followed for changes in loudness growth, temporal resolution, and spectral resolution up to week 10.

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