Evaluation of the Benefits of Bilateral Fitting in Bone-Anchored Hearing System Users: Spatial Resolution and Memory for Speech.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits of bilateral implantation for bone-anchored hearing system (BAHS) users in terms of spatial resolution abilities and auditory memory for speech.

Design

This is a prospective, single-center, comparative, single-blinded study where the listeners served as their own control. Twenty-four experienced bone-anchored users with a bilateral conductive or mixed hearing loss participated in the study. After fitting the listeners unilaterally and bilaterally with BAHS sound processor(s) (Ponto 3 SuperPower), spatial resolution was estimated by measuring the minimum audible angle (MAA) to achieve an 80% correct response via a two-alternative-forced choice task (right-left discrimination of noise bursts) in two conditions:

SUBMITTER: Brassington W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10097484 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature