26dga119 10.3205/26dga119 urn:nbn:de:0183-26dga1195 Meeting Abstract Cochlear Implant Precision Diagnostics 2.0: Identifying individual profiles of voice perception abilities and their relationship to quality of life von Eiff von Eiff Celina I. CI
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Department for General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Jena, Deutschland Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Voice Research Unit, Jena, Deutschland
author Skuk Skuk Verena G. VG
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Department for General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Jena, Deutschland Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Voice Research Unit, Jena, Deutschland
author Zäske Zäske Romi R
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Department for General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Jena, Deutschland University Hospital Jena, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena, Deutschland Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Voice Research Unit, Jena, Deutschland
author Nussbaum Nussbaum Christine C
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Department for General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Jena, Deutschland Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Voice Research Unit, Jena, Deutschland
author Angenstein Angenstein Nicole N
Magdeburg University Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Throat Surgery, Magdeburg, Deutschland
author Hots Hots Jan J
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Department of Experimental Audiology, Magdeburg, Deutschland
author Sommerfeld Sommerfeld Katja K
Magdeburg University Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Throat Surgery, Magdeburg, Deutschland
author Stadler Stadler Beate B
Magdeburg University Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Throat Surgery, Magdeburg, Deutschland
author Verhey Verhey Jesko L. JL
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Department of Experimental Audiology, Magdeburg, Deutschland
author Oberhoffner Oberhoffner Tobias T
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte DE GmbH, Starnberg, Deutschland
author Schebsdat Schebsdat Erik E
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte DE GmbH, Starnberg, Deutschland
author Korth Korth Daniela D
University Hospital Jena, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena, Deutschland
author Guntinas-Lichius Guntinas-Lichius Orlando O
University Hospital Jena, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena, Deutschland
author Durisin Durisin Martin M
Magdeburg University Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Throat Surgery, Magdeburg, Deutschland
author Schweinberger Schweinberger Stefan R. SR
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Department for General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Jena, Deutschland Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Voice Research Unit, Jena, Deutschland German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Site Jena-Magdeburg-Halle, Deutschland University of Geneva, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Schweiz
author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Düsseldorf
 610 20260302 engl This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). M0642 119 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie e. V. 28. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Audiologie Freie Vorträge 11: Cochlea-Implantate: Rehabilitation Oldenburg 20260304 20260306 119 TextCochlear Implants (CIs) have restored access to sound for many individuals with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss. While extensive research has addressed speech perception outcomes, remarkably little is known about how CI users perceive nonverbal socio-emotional signals such as emotion, speaker identity, gender, or age. This gap is critical, as the ability to decode such cues can be very important for quality of life (QoL), both in children and older adult CI users (e.g., , .We report preliminary results from an ongoing project aimed at developing a comprehensive diagnostic framework to assess a broad range of communicative auditory abilities and their relation to QoL. In 19 CI users and 11 normal-hearing controls, we assessed performance across four domains of voice perception (emotion, identity, gender, age), as well as speech comprehension, music perception, and self-reported measures. The test battery comprised new psychometrically validated tests (speaker identity: JVLMT – Humble et al., 2023; speech comprehension: JESSCom – von Eiff et al., 2024) and established experimental paradigms (emotion: von Eiff et al., 2022; speaker gender and age: Skuk et al., 2020) to obtain individual diagnostic profiles of participants. Additional assessments included the PROMS (Law & Zentner, 2012) for musical skills and the WHOQoL-BREF for quality of life.Results showed significant group-level impairments of CI users across most auditory domains – except for musical rhythm – but also a rich pattern of individual profiles. These will provide detailed insights into both dissociations and correlative associations among communicative sub-skills in CI users, and into their individual and combined relation to quality of life with a CI.We conclude that, with continued data collection, this multidimensional approach promises to inform individualized rehabilitation strategies and guide future priorities in CI signal processing and design. Schweinberger SR von Eiff CI Enhancing socio-emotional communication and quality of life in young cochlear implant recipients: Perspectives from parameter-specific morphing and caricaturing 2022 Front Neurosci 956917 Schweinberger SR, von Eiff CI. Enhancing socio-emotional communication and quality of life in young cochlear implant recipients: Perspectives from parameter-specific morphing and caricaturing. Front Neurosci. 2022 Aug 25;16:956917. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.956917 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.956917 Skevington SM Lotfy M O'Connell KA WHOQOL Group The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL group 2004 Qual Life Res 299-310 Skevington SM, Lotfy M, O'Connell KA; WHOQOL Group. The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL group. Qual Life Res. 2004 Mar;13(2):299-310. DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000018486.91360.00 http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:QURE.0000018486.91360.00 von Eiff CI Skuk VG Zäske R Nussbaum C Frühholz S Feuer U Guntinas-Lichius O Schweinberger SR Parameter-Specific Morphing Reveals Contributions of Timbre to the Perception of Vocal Emotions in Cochlear Implant Users 2022 Ear Hear 1178-1188 von Eiff CI, Skuk VG, Zäske R, Nussbaum C, Frühholz S, Feuer U, Guntinas-Lichius O, Schweinberger SR. Parameter-Specific Morphing Reveals Contributions of Timbre to the Perception of Vocal Emotions in Cochlear Implant Users. Ear Hear. 2022 Jul-Aug 01;43(4):1178-1188. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001181 0 0 0 0