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Auditory Spatial Discrimination and Sound Localization in Single-Sided Deaf Participants Provided with a Cochlear

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Cochlear implants (CI) can restore sound localization for single-sided deafness (SSD) but may not fully improve auditory spatial discrimination. Rehabilitation may enhance these auditory skills.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Audiology
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Spatial hearing relies on binaural input; asymmetrical hearing impairs accuracy.
  • Single-sided deafness (SSD) presents challenges for spatial hearing.
  • Unilateral cochlear implants (CI) can aid in compensating for SSD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate auditory spatial discrimination in individuals with SSD using unilateral CI.
  • To compare spatial discrimination performance between CI users and normal-hearing listeners.
  • To explore the relationship between sound localization and spatial discrimination abilities.

Main Methods:

  • Minimum audible angles (MAAs) were measured in 18 CI-SSD participants and 120 normal-hearing (NH) listeners.
  • Low-frequency (LF) and high-frequency (HF) noise bursts were presented at various azimuths.
  • MAA thresholds were correlated with localization performance.

Main Results:

  • Eight CI-SSD participants were good performers, and ten were poor performers.
  • Poor performance was more common with LF signals and at smaller spatial separations (4°, 30°).
  • Localization and MAA performance on the CI side were comparable to the NH side for some participants.

Conclusions:

  • CI effectively restores sound localization but not always auditory spatial discrimination.
  • Auditory spatial discrimination abilities may be trainable through rehabilitation.
  • Further research is needed to optimize CI rehabilitation for spatial hearing.