Evaluating Spatial Hearing Using a Dual-Task Approach in a Virtual-Acoustics Environment.

ABSTRACT: Spatial hearing is critical for communication in everyday sound-rich environments. It is important to gain an understanding of how well users of bilateral hearing devices function in these conditions. The purpose of this work was to evaluate a Virtual Acoustics (VA) version of the Spatial Speech in Noise (SSiN) test, the SSiN-VA. This implementation uses relatively inexpensive equipment and can be performed outside the clinic, allowing for regular monitoring of spatial-hearing performance. The SSiN-VA simultaneously assesses speech discrimination and relative localization with changing source locations in the presence of noise. The use of simultaneous tasks increases the cognitive load to better represent the difficulties faced by listeners in noisy real-world environments. Current clinica

SUBMITTER: Salorio-Corbetto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957784 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature