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  • Cognitive, Learning, and Executive Function Behaviors in Children With Cochlear Implants. [Journal Article]
    Ear Hear. 2026 Oct 07. [Online ahead of print]Illg A, Schipper M, … Kral AEH
  • CONCLUSIONS: Children with CIs, despite good speech recognition, demonstrate domain-specific and heterogeneous challenges in EF and academic performance. These difficulties are not fully explained by auditory or speech recognition abilities, underscoring the importance of addressing broader neurocognitive factors in clinical assessment and intervention. Targeted cognitive and educational support may help reduce cognitive scatter and improve functional outcomes.
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  • The Intelligibility-Based Repeat-Recall Test: II. Performance of Listeners With Normal Hearing and Hearing Impairment (Aided). [Journal Article]
    Ear Hear. 2026 Oct 01. [Online ahead of print]Kuk F, Slugocki C, … Peeters HEH
  • CONCLUSIONS: Conditions of the i-RRT, including sentence context and noise configuration, in addition to listeners' hearing status, not only impacted the SNR required for different listeners to achieve certain SRT criteria, but also affected secondary measures of recall, LE, and TT ratings assessed at matched SRT criteria. These results suggest that certain SiN test factors demand cognitive resource allocation from listeners that cannot be accommodated by SNR adjustment. While still a research tool, the i-RRT may be useful in the future to clinically profile listeners' SiN difficulties and their allocation of listening-related cognitive resources as captured by recall, LE, and TT.
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  • Effect of Donepezil on Speech Recognition in Adult Cochlear Implant Users: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. [Journal Article]
    Ear Hear. 2026 Sep 23. [Online ahead of print]Kunnath AJ, Moberly AC, … Gifford RHEH
  • CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide preliminary evidence that cholinergic enhancement with donepezil may improve speech perception and facilitate neuroplasticity in multisensory and cognitive brain regions in CI users. In addition, the neuroimaging analyses support cholinergic-induced neuroplasticity with DPZ treatment. While this pilot study was underpowered to determine the clinical efficacy of donepezil, pharmacological interventions like donepezil represent a promising novel approach to optimizing CI outcomes, and we offer recommendations for future clinical trials in this population.
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  • From Approximation to Validation: Rethinking Frequency-Matched Acoustic Models of Cochlear Implants. [Journal Article]
    Ear Hear. 2026 Sep 16. [Online ahead of print]Capach NH, Azadpour M, … Svirsky MAEH
  • CONCLUSIONS: Frequency-matched acoustic models fail to replicate the sound of a cochlear implant and all-channel frequency-matched acoustic models also significantly overestimate speech perception. In contrast, self-selected acoustic models incorporating listener-specific perceptual frequency mismatch provide substantially better matches in both subjective sound quality and speech intelligibility. However, variability in similarity ratings across individuals may suggest that additional perceptual components remain unaccounted for in the current parameter set. These findings question the validity of frequency-matched acoustic models of cochlear implants in research applications.
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  • Cochlear Place Specificity of the Auditory Brainstem Response to Narrowband Chirp Versus 2-1-2 Stimuli: High-Pass Noise/Derived Responses. [Journal Article]
    Ear Hear. 2026 Sep 02. [Online ahead of print]Adjekum RN, Stapells DREH
  • CONCLUSIONS: ABRs to NBchirps reflect wider cochlear contributions than those to 2-1-2 tones. Responses to NBchirps arise from cochlear regions as far as one octave away from the stimulus frequency. In contrast, responses to 2-1-2 tones arise from cochlear regions primarily within approximately ±0.5 octaves of the stimulus frequency. Further research in individuals with hearing loss, especially with steep hearing loss, is required to determine whether the wider bandwidths for NBchirps result in threshold misestimation and whether NBchirp amplitude advantages over more-standard stimuli remain with hearing loss.
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  • Auditory Stimuli Influence on Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Gains. [Journal Article]
    Ear Hear. 2026 Aug 26. [Online ahead of print]Telci F, Çögen T, … Gözen Tan EDEH
  • CONCLUSIONS: High-intensity sound modulates human VOR gains mainly in the anterior and lateral canals, a pattern consistent with pathways served by the superior vestibular nerve, though the relative contributions of peripheral and central mechanisms remain to be determined. The auditory-vHIT protocol offers a proof-of-concept approach for probing auditory modulation of VOR responses that may, with further validation, contribute to the clinical evaluation of vestibular disorders.
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  • Serial Monitoring of Hearing With Otoacoustic Emissions: Effects of Forward Pressure Level Calibration. [Journal Article]
    Ear Hear. 2026 Aug 25. [Online ahead of print]Abdala C, Benjamin T, … Shera CAEH
  • CONCLUSIONS: FPL-based calibration of stimulus level reduces test-to-test variation in DPOAE level compared with conventional in-the-ear SPL methods. By creating a tighter distribution of natural or typical OAE level fluctuations on repeated testing, forward pressure calibration appears to improve the serial monitoring of OAEs and could provide earlier detection of slight hearing changes. Our preliminary look at this question should be further explored with a large group of individuals showing confirmed changes in hearing over time.
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