This study aimed to evaluate a more energy-efficient dynamic current focussing (DCF) speech-processing strategy after long-term listening experience. In DCF, tripolar stimulation is used near the threshold and loudness is controlled by the compensation coefficient σ. A recent acute pilot study showed improved spectral-temporally modulated ripple test (SMRT) scores at low loudness levels, but battery life was reduced to 1.5-4 hours. Within-subject comparisons were made for the clinical versus. DCF strategy after 5 weeks of at-home usage. Speech intelligibility in noise, spectral ripple discrimination, temporal modulation detection, loudness growth, and subjective ratings were assessed. Twenty HiRes90K (Advanced Bionics, Valencia, USA) cochlear implant (CI) users. Average battery life was 9 hours with the newly implemented DCF compared to 13.4 hours with the clinical strategy. Compared with measurements made at the beginning of the study, SMRT-scores and speech intelligibility in noise were significantly improved with DCF. However, both measures suffered from unexpected learning effects over time. The improvement disappeared and speech intelligibility in noise declined significantly relative to the final control measurement with the clinical strategy. Most CI users can adapt to the DCF strategy in a take-home setting. Although DCF has the potential to improve performance on the SMRT test, learning effects complicate the interpretation of the current results.
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