Research Article

Setting and Reaching Targets with Computer-Assisted Cochlear Implant Fitting

Table 1

Overview of the fitting procedure.

SessionProgrammingOutcome measure

Switch-onAuto MAPs loadedNone
Session 2 (2 weeks)Electrode deactivation (if required)Impedance telemetry, free field audiometry
Session 3 (4 weeks)MAP optimization as recommended by FOX, but only if targets not reachedFree Field Audiometry, Phoneme Discrimination
Session 4 (10–12 weeks)MAP optimization as recommended by FOX, but only if targets not reachedLoudness scaling, speech audiometry