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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Interference Pattern Caused by Bilateral Bone Conduction Stimulation Impairs Sound Localization.

Liu-Jie Ren, Yi Yu, Cheng Hua, You-Zhou Xie, Wen-Juan Yao, Jun-Yi Liang, Chen-Long Li, Tian-Yu Zhang

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Liu-Jie RenFPRS Department / ENT Institute / NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4230-3734
Yi YuCollege of Medical Instruments, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Science, Shanghai, 201318, China.
Cheng HuaDepartment of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
You-Zhou XieFPRS Department / ENT Institute / NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Wen-Juan YaoSchool of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
Jun-Yi LiangGenomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Chen-Long LiFPRS Department / ENT Institute / NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Tian-Yu ZhangFPRS Department / ENT Institute / NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China.ORCID 0009-0000-9887-909X

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 11932010National Natural Science Foundation of China 82101221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While bilateral fitting of bone conduction hearing devices (BCHDs) enhances spatial hearing, further improvements are constrained by the unresolved effects of crosstalk - an influential factor that disrupts binaural acoustic cues, such as interaural level difference (ILD) and interaural phase differences (IPD), essential for accurate sound localization. This paper introduces a simplified theoretical model to describe the crosstalk phenomenon and predict the cochlear vibrational responses under bilateral bone conduction (BC) based on principles of wave interference and superposition. The model reveals sound lateralization patterns across different ILD and IPD combinations, different from well-established principles governing air conduction (AC) sound localization, including the precedence effect and intensity rule. These predicted patterns are experimentally validated through cadaveric vibration measurements and are further corroborated in psychoacoustic sound lateralization tests conducted on healthy volunteers. The findings suggest that crosstalk induces wave interference in the skull and leads to the superposition of bilateral signals at the cochleae, resulting in these atypical lateralization patterns. This evidence highlights the inherent challenges of sound localization under BC compared to AC, identifying crosstalk-induced wave interference as a primary obstacle to improved spatial hearing for bilateral BCHD users.

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Bone ConductionHearing AidsSound LocalizationAcoustic StimulationAdultCochleaFemaleHumansMalebone conductioncrosstalkpsychoacousticssound localizationwave interference

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PMID40492360
PMCPMC12407360

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