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Tom Francart1, Jan Brokx, Jan Wouters

  • 1Exp ORL, Department of Neurosciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. tom.francart@med.kuleuven.be

Audiology & Neuro-Otology
|April 9, 2008
PubMed
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This study measured interaural level difference (ILD) sensitivity in cochlear implant (CI) and hearing aid (HA) users. The average just noticeable difference (JND) for pitch-matched sounds was 1.7 dB, indicating good sound localization ability.

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