Speech perception with the ACE and the SPEAK speech coding strategies for children implanted with the Nucleus® cochlear implant

The results clearly demonstrate significant benefit of cochlear implantation in prelinguistically deafened children for speech perception ability when using either the SPEAK or ACE speech coding strategies. Children using the ACE speech coding strategy demonstrate more rapid progress in improved speech perception ability initially, however 2 years post switch-on, no significant difference in performance on open-set speech recognition tests can be noted irrespective of the strategy in use.