Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness.

ABSTRACT: While cochlear implantation has benefitted many patients with single-sided deafness (SSD), there is great variability in cochlear implant (CI) outcomes and binaural performance remains poorer than that of normal-hearing (NH) listeners. Differences in sound quality across ears-temporal fine structure (TFS) information with acoustic hearing vs. coarse spectro-temporal envelope information with electric hearing-may limit integration of acoustic and electric patterns. Binaural performance may also be limited by inter-aural mismatch between the acoustic input frequency and the place of stimulation in the cochlea. SSD CI patients must learn to accommodate these differences between acoustic and electric stimulation to maximize binaural performance. It is possible that training may increase and/or

SUBMITTER: Yu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056606 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature