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  • Auditory perception
  • Human auditory learning
  • Spatial hearing

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  • Humans can learn to adapt their auditory spatial localization with altered cues.
  • This study investigates the long-term effects of such learning on localization accuracy and sound externalization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze auditory learning processes and their effects on localization accuracy and sound externalization up to one month.
  • To examine the influence of stimulus type, position, previous experience, and time on auditory learning.

Main Methods:

  • Listeners were trained in azimuth and elevation discrimination using either speech sounds or white noise.
  • Retests were conducted at various intervals (immediately, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month) post-training.
  • A control condition assessed learning without systematic retesting to isolate the effect of time.

Main Results:

  • Training significantly reduced localization errors, with benefits persisting for one month.
  • Previous experience enhanced performance on a new auditory task.
  • White noise training yielded better results than speech sound training.
  • Learning generalized to untrained sound positions and types.
  • Sound externalization levels increased post-training, while localization improvement remained stable in the control group.

Conclusions:

  • Human adaptation to altered auditory space cues is robust and generalizes broadly.
  • Auditory learning is a global process, not restricted to specific trained stimuli or positions.
  • Learning mechanisms may involve differential processing of various auditory cues.
  • Localization learning and externalization processes appear to be distinct.