Review of binaural processing with asymmetrical hearing outcomes in patients with bilateral cochlear implants

SR Anderson, E Burg, L Suveg… - Trends in …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Bilateral cochlear implants (BiCIs) result in several benefits, including improvements in
speech understanding in noise and sound source localization. However, the benefit bilateral …

Audiovisual training in virtual reality improves auditory spatial adaptation in unilateral hearing loss patients

M Alzaher, C Valzolgher, G Verdelet, F Pavani… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) leads to an alteration of binaural cues resulting in a significant
increment of spatial errors in the horizontal plane. In this study, nineteen patients with UHL …

Towards personalized and optimized fitting of cochlear implants

AJ Van Opstal, E Noordanus - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A cochlear implant (CI) is a neurotechnological device that restores total sensorineural
hearing loss. It contains a sophisticated speech processor that analyzes and transforms the …

[HTML][HTML] Intensive training of spatial hearing promotes auditory abilities of bilateral cochlear implant adults: a pilot study

A Coudert, G Verdelet, KT Reilly, E Truy… - Ear and Hearing, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a virtual reality-based
spatial hearing training protocol in bilateral cochlear implant (CI) users and to provide pilot …

A model framework for simulating spatial hearing of bilateral cochlear implant users

H Hu, SA Ausili, B Williges, J Klug… - Acta …, 2023 - acta-acustica.edpsciences.org
Bilateral cochlear implants (CIs) greatly improve spatial hearing acuity for CI users, but
substantial gaps still exist compared to normal-hearing listeners. For example, CI users have …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a consensus on an ICF-based classification system for horizontal sound-source localization

G Mertens, E Andries, A Kurz, D Tȧvora-Vieira… - Journal of personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The study aimed to develop a consensus classification system for the reporting of sound
localization testing results, especially in the field of cochlear implantation. Against the …

Bimodal fitting and bilateral cochlear implants in children with significant residual hearing: the impact of asymmetry in spatial release of masking on localization

M Sparreboom, S Ausili, MJH Agterberg… - Journal of Speech …, 2021 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose This study aimed to gain more insight into the primary auditory abilities of children
with significant residual hearing in order to improve decision making when choosing …

Similar performance in sound localisation with unsynchronised and synchronised automatic gain controls in bilateral cochlear implant recipients

P Schleich, C Wirtz, R Schatzer… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective One proposed method to improve sound localisation for bilateral cochlear implant
(BiCI) users is to synchronise the automatic gain control (AGC) of both audio processors. In …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of triple acoustic beamforming during speech-on-speech masking and sound localization for bilateral cochlear-implant users

D Yun, TR Jennings, G Kidd, MJ Goupell - The Journal of the …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Benefits of triple acoustic beamforming during speech-on-speech masking and sound
localization for bilateral cochlear-implant usersa) | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …

Magnified interaural level differences enhance binaural unmasking in bilateral cochlear implant users

BN Richardson, JM Kainerstorfer… - The Journal of the …, 2025 - pubs.aip.org
Bilateral cochlear implant (BiCI) usage makes binaural benefits a possibility for implant
users. Yet for BiCI users, limited access to interaural time difference (ITD) cues and reduced …