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Speech recognition and subjective perceptions of neck-loop FM receivers with cochlear implants

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/schafer-huynh-2013/ · record checked 9 October 2026

  • Schafer EC, Huynh C, Romine D, Jimenez R
  • American Journal of Audiology 22(1):53-64

Independent (University of North Texas; PubMed tags the study as having non-US-government research support without naming it; the full text, with any funding statement, could not be read)

Summary

Tested whether FM receivers worn as neckloops, which feed the implant processor's telecoil, help adolescents and adults with cochlear implants in noise and at a distance.

Key findings

  • Fourteen adolescents and adults with cochlear implants used a neck-loop FM receiver during a trial period, with speech-in-noise tests with and without the FM system and a rating scale before and after the trial; most also kept a journal.
  • Speech recognition in noise was significantly better with the neck-loop FM system than with the implant alone, in both sessions, with no change in performance between them.
  • On average, the ratings and journals showed improvements with the FM system, compared with the implant alone, in noisy places and at a distance from the main talker or sound source.
  • The authors call for research with other types of neck-loop receivers and other implant processors.

Limits

Read from the abstract only; the full text could not be read, so the processors, receivers, test levels and size of the benefit are not reported here. Personal FM receivers, not a venue system: the study is evidence about the neckloop and telecoil route into the processor. Fourteen participants.

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doi.org/10.1044/1059-0889(2012/11-0032)

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Schafer EC, Huynh C, Romine D, Jimenez R. Speech recognition and subjective perceptions of neck-loop FM receivers with cochlear implants. American Journal of Audiology 22(1):53-64. June 2013. https://doi.org/10.1044/1059-0889(2012/11-0032) (accessed 9 October 2026).

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