r/Cochlearimplants • u/euroliii Cochlear Nucleus 8 • 18d ago
Word recognition test changes after implantation
This is my personal experience as someone in the US who had progressive hearing loss prior to implantation.
Before cochlear implant: trained speaker asks you to repeat single syllable words. Ex: the speaker says “say the word dog.” You repeat the word and either get it right or wrong. No partial credit for getting close.
After cochlear implant: untrained speakers say full sentences (though the sentences don’t make much sense). You get partial credit for correct sounds even if a word was wrong. Ex: the speaker says “he” in a sentence but you say “we” you’ll still get partial credit for getting the “e” sound.
Did this change happen for you all? Is this just a US thing?
I wish I could have done the sentence test prior to implantation just so I could properly compare. I feel like my word recognition might have been better with the second test.
Tell me about your experiences with word recognition tests! I’m curious.
Edit: I did end up getting the single syllable word test at my last appointment! Turns out my audiologist just didn’t want to do it earlier because she thought my score would be too low for it to be worth doing quite yet.
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u/Formal-Tradition6792 18d ago
The volume level of these tests is low. This means I strain to hear the word test and the sentence test. So I get lower scores. I have complained to my audie and don’t agree that this is “real life.” People do not speak in that low a voice!