Trial reportScientific reports2020
Haptic sound-localisation for use in cochlear implant and hearing-aid users.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- The contribution of audition and proprioception in unisensory and multisensory target reaching.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Spectral peak picking improves tactile speech perception.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Learning spatial hearing via innate mechanisms.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Exposure to vibrotactile music improves audiometric performances in individuals with cochlear implants.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sound Localization with Hearables in Transparency Mode.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Improved tactile speech perception and noise robustness using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with amplitude envelope expansion.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Improved tactile speech robustness to background noise with a dual-path recurrent neural network noise-reduction method.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Improved tactile speech perception using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with formant frequency focusing.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Improving speech perception for hearing-impaired listeners using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with multiple frequency channels.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- On closed-loop brain stimulation systems for improving the quality of life of patients with neurological disorders.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
- Domain-Specific Cognitive Prosthesis for Face Memory and Recognition.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Sensitivity to Haptic Sound-Localization Cues at Different Body Locations.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sensitivity to haptic sound-localisation cues.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- A Compact Two-Loudspeaker Virtual Sound Reproduction System for Clinical Testing of Spatial Hearing With Hearing-Assistive Devices.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Proficiency in Using Level Cue for Sound Localization Is Related to the Auditory Cortical Structure in Patients With Single-Sided Deafness.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Can Haptic Stimulation Enhance Music Perception in Hearing-Impaired Listeners?Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
- Electro-Haptic Stimulation: A New Approach for Improving Cochlear-Implant Listening.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Users of hearing-assistive devices often struggle to locate and segregate sounds, which can make listening in schools, cafes, and busy workplaces extremely challenging. A recent study in unilaterally implanted CI users showed that sound-localisation was improved when the audio received by behind-the-ear devices was converted to haptic stimulation on each wrist. We built on this work, using a new signal-processing approach to improve localisation accuracy and increase generalisability to a wide range of stimuli. We aimed to: (1) improve haptic sound-localisation accuracy using a varied stimulus set and (2) assess whether accuracy improved with prolonged training. Thirty-two adults with normal touch perception were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The experimental group completed a 5-h training regime and the control group were not trained. Without training, haptic sound-localisation was substantially better than in previous work on haptic sound-localisation. It was also markedly better than sound-localisation by either unilaterally or bilaterally implanted CI users. After training, accuracy improved, becoming better than for sound-localisation by bilateral hearing-aid users. These findings suggest that a wrist-worn haptic device could be effective for improving spatial hearing for a range of hearing-impaired listeners.
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