The aim of this article was to study sound source localization by cochlear implant (CI) listeners with low-frequency (LF) acoustic hearing in both the operated ear and in the contralateral ear. Eight CI listeners had symmetrical LF acoustic hearing and 4 had asymmetrical LF acoustic hearing. The effects of two variables were assessed: (i) the symmetry of the LF thresholds in the two ears and (ii) the presence/absence of bilateral acoustic amplification. Stimuli consisted of low-pass, high-pass, and wideband noise bursts presented in the frontal horizontal plane. Localization accuracy was 23° of error for the symmetrical listeners and 76° of error for the asymmetrical listeners. The presence of a unilateral CI used in conjunction with bilateral LF acoustic hearing does not impair sound source localization accuracy, but amplification for acoustic hearing can be detrimental to sound source localization accuracy.
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- Sound Source Localization by Hearing Preservation Patients With and Without Symmetrical Low-Frequency Acoustic Hearing
- Loiselle, Louise (Author)
- Dorman, Michael (Author)
- Yost, William (Author)
- Gifford, Rene (Author)
- College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.1159/000367883
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1420-3030
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1421-9700
- This is the authors' final, peer-reviewed accepted manuscript. The final version as published can be viewed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000367883.
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Loiselle, L; Dorman, M F; Yost, W.; Gifford, R. (2015) Sound source localization by hearing preservation patients with and without symmetric, low-frequency acoustic hearing. Audiology and Neuro-otology, 20(3).166-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000367883