ArticlePloS one2014
Perception of binaural cues develops in children who are deaf through bilateral cochlear implantation.
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- Binaural sensitivity and processing of envelope-based interaural difference cues by bilateral cochlear implant users with perilingual and postlingual onset of deafness.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2026Article
- Interactions of Interaural Time and Level Differences in Spatial Hearing with Cochlear Implants.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Pulse timing dominates binaural hearing with cochlear implants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Interaural level difference sensitivity in neonatally deafened rats fitted with bilateral cochlear implants.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Binaural fusion: Complexities in definition and measurement.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2024Review
- Evaluating the use of a balance prosthesis during balance perturbations in children and young adults with cochleovestibular dysfunction.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Interaural time difference sensitivity under binaural cochlear implant stimulation persists at high pulse rates up to 900 pps.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The influence of auditory selective attention on linguistic outcomes in deaf and hard of hearing children with cochlear implants.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Article
- Using unilateral stimulation to create a reference for bilateral fusion judgments.JASA express letters · 2021Article
- The Importance of Access to Bilateral Hearing through Cochlear Implants in Children.Seminars in hearing · 2021Review
- Microsecond interaural time difference discrimination restored by cochlear implants after neonatal deafness.eLife · 2021Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Age, Acoustic Exposure, and Electrical Stimulation on Binaural Sensitivity in Adult Bilateral Cochlear Implant Patients.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Sound Localization in Toddlers with Normal Hearing and with Bilateral Cochlear Implants Revealed Through a Novel "Reaching for Sound" Task.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2020Article
- Delayed access to bilateral input alters cortical organization in children with asymmetric hearing.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2018Article
- Binaural sensitivity in children who use bilateral cochlear implants.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2017Article
- Simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants: Developmental advances do not yet achieve normal cortical processing.Brain and behavior · 2017Article
- Cortical Representation of Interaural Time Difference Is Impaired by Deafness in Development: Evidence from Children with Early Long-term Access to Sound through Bilateral Cochlear Implants Provided Simultaneously.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017Article
- Bilateral cochlear implants in children: Effects of auditory experience and deprivation on auditory perception.Hearing research · 2016Review
- Binaural release from masking with single- and multi-electrode stimulation in children with cochlear implants.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2016Article
- Early Bimodal Stimulation Benefits Language Acquisition for Children With Cochlear Implants.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2016Article
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Abstract
There are significant challenges to restoring binaural hearing to children who have been deaf from an early age. The uncoordinated and poor temporal information available from cochlear implants distorts perception of interaural timing differences normally important for sound localization and listening in noise. Moreover, binaural development can be compromised by bilateral and unilateral auditory deprivation. Here, we studied perception of both interaural level and timing differences in 79 children/adolescents using bilateral cochlear implants and 16 peers with normal hearing. They were asked on which side of their head they heard unilaterally or bilaterally presented click- or electrical pulse- trains. Interaural level cues were identified by most participants including adolescents with long periods of unilateral cochlear implant use and little bilateral implant experience. Interaural timing cues were not detected by new bilateral adolescent users, consistent with previous evidence. Evidence of binaural timing detection was, for the first time, found in children who had much longer implant experience but it was marked by poorer than normal sensitivity and abnormally strong dependence on current level differences between implants. In addition, children with prior unilateral implant use showed a higher proportion of responses to their first implanted sides than children implanted simultaneously. These data indicate that there are functional repercussions of developing binaural hearing through bilateral cochlear implants, particularly when provided sequentially; nonetheless, children have an opportunity to use these devices to hear better in noise and gain spatial hearing.
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