Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults
Background: Adult cochlear implant (CI) candidacy is assessed in part by the use of speech perception measures. In the United Kingdom the current cut-off point to fall within the CI candidacy range is a score of less than 50% on the BKB sentences presented in quiet (presented at 70 dBSPL). Goal:...
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| author | Vickers, Deborah A. Riley, Alison Ricaud, Rebecca Verschuur, Carl Cooper, Stacey Nunn, Terry Webb, Kath Muff, Joanne Harris, Frances Chung, Mark Humphries, Jane Langshaw, Alison Poynter-Smith, Emma Totten, Catherine Tapper, Lynne Ridgwell, Jillian Mawman, Deborah de Estibariz, Unai Martinez O'Driscoll, Martin George, Nicola Pinto, Francesca Hall, Anne Llewellyn, Carol Miah, Razun Al-Malky, Ghada Kitterick, Pádraig T. |
| author_facet | Vickers, Deborah A. Riley, Alison Ricaud, Rebecca Verschuur, Carl Cooper, Stacey Nunn, Terry Webb, Kath Muff, Joanne Harris, Frances Chung, Mark Humphries, Jane Langshaw, Alison Poynter-Smith, Emma Totten, Catherine Tapper, Lynne Ridgwell, Jillian Mawman, Deborah de Estibariz, Unai Martinez O'Driscoll, Martin George, Nicola Pinto, Francesca Hall, Anne Llewellyn, Carol Miah, Razun Al-Malky, Ghada Kitterick, Pádraig T. |
| author_sort | Vickers, Deborah A. |
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| description | Background: Adult cochlear implant (CI) candidacy is assessed in part by the use of speech perception measures. In the United Kingdom the current cut-off point to fall within the CI candidacy range is a score of less than 50% on the BKB sentences presented in quiet (presented at 70 dBSPL).
Goal: The specific goal of this article was to review the benefit of adding the AB word test to the assessment test battery for candidacy.
Results: The AB word test scores showed good sensitivity and specificity when calculated based on both word and phoneme scores. The word score equivalent for 50% correct on the BKB sentences was 18.5% and it was 34.5% when the phoneme score was calculated; these scores are in line with those used in centres in Wales (15% AB word score).
Conclusion: The goal of the British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) service evaluation was to determine if the pre-implant assessment measures are appropriate and set at the correct level for determining candidacy, the future analyses will determine whether the speech perception cut-off point for candidacy should be adjusted and whether other more challenging measures should be used in the candidacy evaluation. |
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| spelling | nottingham-392562020-05-04T17:45:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39256/ Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults Vickers, Deborah A. Riley, Alison Ricaud, Rebecca Verschuur, Carl Cooper, Stacey Nunn, Terry Webb, Kath Muff, Joanne Harris, Frances Chung, Mark Humphries, Jane Langshaw, Alison Poynter-Smith, Emma Totten, Catherine Tapper, Lynne Ridgwell, Jillian Mawman, Deborah de Estibariz, Unai Martinez O'Driscoll, Martin George, Nicola Pinto, Francesca Hall, Anne Llewellyn, Carol Miah, Razun Al-Malky, Ghada Kitterick, Pádraig T. Background: Adult cochlear implant (CI) candidacy is assessed in part by the use of speech perception measures. In the United Kingdom the current cut-off point to fall within the CI candidacy range is a score of less than 50% on the BKB sentences presented in quiet (presented at 70 dBSPL). Goal: The specific goal of this article was to review the benefit of adding the AB word test to the assessment test battery for candidacy. Results: The AB word test scores showed good sensitivity and specificity when calculated based on both word and phoneme scores. The word score equivalent for 50% correct on the BKB sentences was 18.5% and it was 34.5% when the phoneme score was calculated; these scores are in line with those used in centres in Wales (15% AB word score). Conclusion: The goal of the British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) service evaluation was to determine if the pre-implant assessment measures are appropriate and set at the correct level for determining candidacy, the future analyses will determine whether the speech perception cut-off point for candidacy should be adjusted and whether other more challenging measures should be used in the candidacy evaluation. Taylor & Francis 2016-04-21 Article PeerReviewed Vickers, Deborah A., Riley, Alison, Ricaud, Rebecca, Verschuur, Carl, Cooper, Stacey, Nunn, Terry, Webb, Kath, Muff, Joanne, Harris, Frances, Chung, Mark, Humphries, Jane, Langshaw, Alison, Poynter-Smith, Emma, Totten, Catherine, Tapper, Lynne, Ridgwell, Jillian, Mawman, Deborah, de Estibariz, Unai Martinez, O'Driscoll, Martin, George, Nicola, Pinto, Francesca, Hall, Anne, Llewellyn, Carol, Miah, Razun, Al-Malky, Ghada and Kitterick, Pádraig T. (2016) Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults. Cochlear Implants International, 17 (sup 1). pp. 17-21. ISSN 1467-0100 Cochlear implant candidacy AB words BKB sentences http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14670100.2016.1161143 doi:10.1080/14670100.2016.1161143 doi:10.1080/14670100.2016.1161143 |
| spellingShingle | Cochlear implant candidacy AB words BKB sentences Vickers, Deborah A. Riley, Alison Ricaud, Rebecca Verschuur, Carl Cooper, Stacey Nunn, Terry Webb, Kath Muff, Joanne Harris, Frances Chung, Mark Humphries, Jane Langshaw, Alison Poynter-Smith, Emma Totten, Catherine Tapper, Lynne Ridgwell, Jillian Mawman, Deborah de Estibariz, Unai Martinez O'Driscoll, Martin George, Nicola Pinto, Francesca Hall, Anne Llewellyn, Carol Miah, Razun Al-Malky, Ghada Kitterick, Pádraig T. Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults |
| title | Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults |
| title_full | Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults |
| title_short | Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults |
| title_sort | preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using ab words to assess candidacy in adults |
| topic | Cochlear implant candidacy AB words BKB sentences |
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