Rhythm increases perceptual tolerance when measuring electrically evoked compound action potentials in cochlear implant recipients
Lutz Gärtner, Konrad Schwarz, Timo Bräcker, Wiebke Lamping, Thomas Lenarz, Andreas Büchner · 2026
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Lutz Gartner and colleagues tested in 2026 whether rhythmic stimulus patterns make cochlear implant measurements easier for patients to bear. Clinicians record the electrically evoked compound action potential to check the electrode-nerve link and guide fitting, which needs stimuli rising to the loudest level a patient accepts. A steady rise can quickly feel unpleasant.
Twenty-seven implant users heard five patterns of rising stimuli, some rhythmic and some with pauses, many times each. The found nerve thresholds did not change with pattern. Rhythmic patterns, though, felt less unpleasant and let patients accept a higher maximum level. That raised the success rate of threshold finding. The authors suggest rhythm as a simple comfort gain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lutz Gärtner, Konrad Schwarz, Timo Bräcker, Wiebke Lamping, Thomas Lenarz, Andreas Büchner |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |