This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Oba SI, Galvin JJ 3rd, Fu QJ. Minimal effects of visual memory training on auditory performance of adult cochlear implant users. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(1):99– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Minimal effects of visual memory training on auditory performance of adult cochlear implant users Sandra I. Oba, MS; John J. Gavin III, BA; Qian-Jie Fu, PhD
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Oba SI, Galvin JJ 3rd, Fu QJ. Minimal effects of visual memory training on auditory performance of adult cochlear implant users. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(1):99– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Aim – Use nonauditory training task to engage attention and improve memory of cochlear implant subjects. Relevance – Auditory training significantly improves cochlear implant users’ speech and music perception. – However, it is unclear whether performance gains are due to improved auditory perception or to generally improved attention, memory, and/or cognitive processing.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Oba SI, Galvin JJ 3rd, Fu QJ. Minimal effects of visual memory training on auditory performance of adult cochlear implant users. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(1):99– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Method Assessed speech and music perception and auditory and visual memory in 10 cochlear implant users before, during, and after training with nonauditory visual digit span (VDS) task.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Oba SI, Galvin JJ 3rd, Fu QJ. Minimal effects of visual memory training on auditory performance of adult cochlear implant users. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(1):99– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Results VDS performance: – Significantly improved after VDS training. Auditory outcome measures: – Most did not significantly improve. – However, small (but significant) improvements in vocal emotion recognition and melodic contour identification. Posttraining gains much smaller with nonauditory VDS training than in previous auditory training studies with cochlear implant users.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Oba SI, Galvin JJ 3rd, Fu QJ. Minimal effects of visual memory training on auditory performance of adult cochlear implant users. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(1):99– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Conclusion Results suggest that: – Posttraining gains in previous studies were not solely attributable to improved attention or memory. More likely due to improved auditory perception. – Cochlear implant users may require targeted auditory training to improve speech and music perception.