Table 1
Mean Speech Scores for HiRes and HiRes 120
Sound Processing Group
Test Interval
CNC Words
HINT Sentences in Quiet
Hint Sentences in Noise (+8 dB SNR)
* HiRes 120 score significantly different from baseline HiRes score (p<.05)
** HiRes 120 score significantly different from baseline and 3-month HiRes scores (p<.05)
Forty-three of 50 subjects (86%) preferred HiRes 120 over HiRes. Subjects rated
strength of preference for the two strategies on a scale from 1 (weak preference) to
10 (strong preference). The mean strength of preference for the 43 subjects who
preferred HiRes 120 was 7.9 (range: 1-10). The strength of preference was rated as
8 or higher by 26 of the 43 subjects, and 16 of the 43 subjects rated their preference
as 10 (strong preference). For the 7 subjects who preferred HiRes, the mean
strength of preference was 4.4 (range: 1-9).
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HiRes
HiRes 120
Baseline
3 Months
63
65
88
93*
64
70**
HiRes
3 Months
63
91
65