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- Title
Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing in Children with a Hearing Aid and a Cochlear Implant.
- Authors
Beijen, J.; Snik, A. F. M.; Straatman, L. V.; Mylanus, E. A. M.; Mens, L. H. M.
- 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° with bimodal fitting vs. 175° with cochlear implant alone). No significant binaural masking level difference was found between the cochlear implant alone and the bimodal condition. Copyright © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
COCHLEAR implants; ARTIFICIAL implants; HEARING aids; COMPRESSION (Audiology); HEARING disorders in children
- Publication
Audiology & Neurotology, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
1420-3030
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000218361