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In this study, we examine how age and duration of deafness impact Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential (ECAP) amplitudes when the Inter-Pulse Interval (IPI) parameter in ECAP measurements is varied.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our participants were thirty-one Mandarin-speaking CI users with Nurotron\/CS-20A (19 males and 12 females, 33 ears, aged 6\u201366 yrs). We investigated eleven distinct IPI settings, ranging from 290 \u03bcs to 590 \u03bcs (IPI = 290, 330, 350, 390, 410, 450, 470, 510, 530, 570, 590 \u03bcs).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The first result of our study was to find the optimal IPI of the participants. Furthermore, the optimal IPI was positively correlated with both the age of the participants (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.6018, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.0002) and the duration of deafness (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.3479, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.0473).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study sheds light on the pivotal role of age and duration of deafness in ECAP amplitudes and optimizing IPI settings. We recommend that CI users with advanced age and long duration of deafness use longer IPI parameters for ECAP measurements to obtain a more accurate ECAP waveform. 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