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J Beijen1, A F M Snik, L V Straatman
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.beijen@kno.umcn.nl
Abstract:
The aims of the study were to investigate whether sound localization acuity improved when children with 1 cochlear implant use a hearing aid in the contralateral ear (bimodal fitting), and whether this enabled them to benefit from a binaural masking level difference. Four different noise bursts were used as stimuli for a minimal audible angle localization test. On average, localization acuity remained poor with the cochlear implant alone, but also with bimodal fitting. A significant benefit of bimodal fitting was only shown when the most complicated stimulus with roved amplitude and spectrum was presented (minimal audible angle of 151 degrees with bimodal fitting vs. 175 degrees with cochlear implant alone). No significant binaural masking level difference was found between the cochlear implant alone and the bimodal condition.
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