Research Article

Speech Understanding and Sound Localization with a New Nonimplantable Wearing Option for Baha

Table 1

Comparison between the unaided and the different unaided soundfield thresholds. All data shown represents average values over the 4 frequencies 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz.

Improvement of sound field thresholds (in dB)
SoftbandSoundArc
UnilateralBilateralUnilateralBilateral

Unaidedvs.aided24.825.123.624.0
(p <.001)(p <.001)(p <.001)(p <.001)
Unilateralvs.bilateral-0.3--0.8
(p = 1)(p = 1)
Softbandvs. SoundArc-1.2
(p = 1)
-1.1
(p = 1)