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Experiment 1 tested thirteen BiCI users with sustained vowel vocalization using both cochlear implant devices together and each one separately to measure their ability to control long-term vocal intensity variation, vAm. To determine the extent to which loudness growth affected vAm, Experiment 2 manipulated the amount of amplitude compression through the processor and measured the change in vAm for nine BiCI users. To determine if deficits in vAm when using both ears reflected mismatched loudness growth perception across ears, Experiment 3 examined loudness growth from each ear. A subset of ten BiCI users from the first experiment participated in Experiment 2, in which loudness scaling was measured while using their clinical devices to obtain the loudness growth perception separately for the left and right ears. Experiment 1 found that BiCI devices significantly decreased the ability to control vAm compared to unilateral CIs. 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