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This study investigated whether CI users fitted with fine structure (FS) strategies can discriminate low-frequency (LF) pitch changes via RP and whether RP performers show better speech recognition than PP performers.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Thirty postlingually deafened adult CI users (15 unilateral, 15 bilateral) participated in this study. LF pitch discrimination linked to temporal fine structure (TFS) sensitivity was assessed with the Disharmonic Intonation test (A\u00a7E psychoacoustic test suite), while speech perception was evaluated with phonetically balanced words and everyday sentences (both in quiet and noise), and the Italian Matrix test (in adaptive mode).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Just noticeable differences (JNDs) in RP performers were significantly better compared to PP JNDs (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.80). No significant differences were found between unilateral and bilateral CI users for LF pitch perception (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u20090.05). Within-group comparisons (better ear versus bilateral listening) revealed that better ear JNDs were not significantly different from the bilateral performance (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u20090.05), whereas significant bilateral benefit was observed for word recognition score (WRS)\u2009+\u200910 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.016, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091.00), WRS\u2009+\u20095 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.021, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091.00), and Matrix performance (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.033, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.80). Speech recognition in noise was significantly better in RP performers compared to PP performers across multiple tests, including WRS\u2009+\u200910 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.90), WRS\u2009+\u20095 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.90), and the Matrix test (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.60).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>These findings highlight the advantages of FS coding strategies in improving TFS sensitivity and speech perception in complex listening environments.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-025-09449-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,20]],"date-time":"2025-05-20T11:37:46Z","timestamp":1747741066000},"page":"5137-5146","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Low-frequency pitch sensitivity and speech perception performance in adult cochlear implant users fitted with fine structure strategies"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"282","author":[{"given":"Patrizia","family":"Mancini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Y\u0131lmaz","family":"Odaba\u015f\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ginevra","family":"Portanova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesca Yoshie","family":"Russo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giannicola","family":"Iannella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7320-6577","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hilal","family":"Dincer D\u2019Alessandro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,20]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"9449_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"67","DOI":"10.1109\/MSP.2014.2371671","volume":"32","author":"J Wouters","year":"2015","unstructured":"Wouters J, McDermott HJ, Francart T (2015) Sound coding in cochlear implants: from electric pulses to hearing. 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