Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing in Children with a Hearing Aid and a Cochlear Implant
| Autor: | Lucas H M Mens, Emmanuel A. M. Mylanus, Jan-Willem Beijen, L.V. Straatman, Ad F. M. Snik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Sound localization Hearing aid medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Physiology medicine.medical_treatment Speech recognition Deafness Stimulus (physiology) Audiology Statistics Nonparametric Young Adult Speech and Hearing Hearing Aids Hearing Cochlear implant Masking level Perception and Action [DCN 1] otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Sound Localization Child Analysis of Variance business.industry Auditory Threshold Sensory Systems Acoustic Stimulation Otorhinolaryngology Audiometry Pure-Tone Female Contralateral ear business Binaural recording |
| Zdroj: | Audiology and Neuro-Otology, 15, 1, pp. 36-43 Audiology and Neuro-Otology, 15, 36-43 |
| ISSN: | 1421-9700 1420-3030 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000218361 |
| Popis: | Item does not contain fulltext 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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