ArticleJournal of audiology & otology2017
Horizontal Localization in Simulated Unilateral Hearing Loss.
Article in Journal of audiology & otology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Evaluating Auditory Localization Capabilities in Young Patients with Single-Side Deafness.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Establishing standardized conditions for clinically available sound-localization tests: A multicenter approach.PloS one · 2025Article
- Horizontal Sound Localization and Spatial Short-Term Memory Span in Hearing-Impaired Listeners and Listeners With Simulated Hearing Loss.Journal of audiology & otology · 2024Article
- Binaural advantages in sound temporal information processing by neurons in the rat inferior colliculus.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Instant improvement in monaural spatial hearing abilities through cognitive feedback.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- Auditory Localization Performances in Subjects with Simulated Unilateral Conductive Hearing Loss.Journal of audiology & otology · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe ability to localize a sound source is one of the binaural hearing benefits in a horizontal plane based on interaural time difference and interaural intensity difference. Unilateral or bilateral asymmetric hearing loss will affect binaural hearing and lead to sound locating errors. In this cross sectional analytical descriptive study, the localization error was investigated when participants turned their heads to the sound source with closed eyes and after simulating unilateral hearing loss by placing earplugs inside the right ear canal. SUBJECTS AND
methodsThis cross sectional analytical descriptive study was carried out on 30 right-handed adults, 22 female and 8 male (average: 25 years, standard deviation: 3.16). They were selected with the available random access method. Horizontal localization was evaluated with five speakers located at 0, ±30, and ±60 degree azimuths at a 1-meter distance from the examinee. Narrow-band noise signals were delivered at 35 dB SL in two "without earplug" and "with earplug" situations and the results were compared. The study was performed between September and December 2016 in Tehran, Iran.
resultsSignificant differences were observed in localization errors between the "with earplug" and "without earplug" situations. The localization differences were greater for left-side speakers (-30 and -60 degrees) compared with right-side speakers (+30 and +60 degrees). The differences were more apparent at 4,000 and 6,000 Hz, which confirmed the effect of unilateral simulated hearing loss on interaural latency differences.
conclusionsSimulating hearing loss by using an earplug in one ear (right) increased localization errors at all frequencies. The errors increased at higher frequencies.
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