Experiments on Auditory-Visual Perception of Sentences by Users of Unilateral, Bimodal, and Bilateral Cochlear Implants.

Purpose: Five experiments probed auditory-visual (AV) understanding of sentences by users of cochlear implants (CIs).

Method: Sentence material was presented in auditory (A), visual (V), and AV test conditions to listeners with normal hearing and CI users.

Results: (a) Most CI users report that most of the time, they have access to both A and V information when listening to speech.