Outcomes Using the Optimized Pitch and Language Strategy Versus the Advanced Combination Encoder Strategy in Mandarin-Speaking Cochlear Implant Recipients.

Ear Hear · 2025 · PMC11637569 · PMID 39104002

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closest p · 0.1× alpha

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highly significantp = 0.007actually significant

The smaller improvement in the present study was more modest in size but still highly significant ( p = 0.007) and a greater improvement (0.64 units) was found for the subjects that used OPAL more than ACE providing further support that OPAL experience is required to acclimatize to temporal cues which are coded differently to ACE.

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narrowly missed significancep = 0.063so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, consonant scores were higher for OPAL and only narrowly missed significance ( p = 0.063).

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showed a trendno p-value reported

Results for a female talker only showed a trend of improvement.

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