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The effect of eye position on the orientation of sound lateralization
Rika Otake1, Yuki Saito, Mitsuya Suzuki
1Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, 2-10-41 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Conclusions:
The data suggest that sound lateralization sensitivity during interaural time difference (ITD) discrimination is altered by eccentric gaze and that sound lateralization shifts toward the direction of the gaze.
Objective:
Using dichotic sounds, the effect of eye position on the orientation of sound lateralization was investigated in humans.
Subjects And Methods:
The subjects were studied by testing ITD discrimination under different conditions of visual fixation.
Results:
The amplitudes obtained during the ITD discrimination tests during eccentric fixation were significantly greater than those obtained while gazing straight ahead (p<0.05). The median line of amplitude obtained during the ITD discrimination test shifted toward the direction of the gaze.
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