Counselling And Fitting Recommendations - Advanced Bionics Naída CI Q90 Mode D'emploi

In summary, this clinical study demonstrated that use
of the front-end sound-cleaning features (WindBlock,
SoundRelax, EchoBlock) and beamforming options
(auto UltraZoom, StereoZoom) in the Naída CI proces-
sor does not negatively affect speech understanding in
quiet and in noise. Questionnaire results indicated that
the features were acceptable, comfortable, and helpful to
a majority of study participants. Modification of listening
programs is not required in order to activate and use the
features successfully.

Counselling and Fitting Recommendations

WindBlock: The intent of the WindBlock sound pro-
cessing feature is to reduce wind noise arriving at the
microphone to improve comfort and ease listening when
listening in the presence of wind. This is an automatic
feature that can be enabled in an "everyday program".
SoundRelax: The intent of the SoundRelax sound pro-
cessing feature is to quickly respond to sudden and/or
unexpected sounds. This is an automatic feature and
can be enabled in an "everyday program".
EchoBlock: The intent of the EchoBlock sound process-
ing feature is to improve comfort and ease of listening
when listening in environments with a high degree of
reverberation or echo. This is not an automatic feature.
A program with EchoBlock enabled is recommended
for use only when in a highly reverberant environment
(such as a gym court).
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