Fischer, T.; Schmid, C.; Kompis, M.; Mantokoudis, G.; Caversaccio, M.; Wimmer, W. (2021). Effects of temporal fine structure preservation on spatial hearing in bilateral cochlear implant users. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(2), pp. 673-686. AIP Publishing 10.1121/10.0005732
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Typically, the coding strategies of cochlear implant audio processors discard acoustic temporal fine structure information (TFS), which may be related to the poor perception of interaural time differences (ITDs) and the resulting reduced spatial hearing capabilities compared to normal-hearing individuals. This study aimed to investigate to what extent bilateral cochlear implant (BiCI) recipients can exploit ITD cues provided by a TFS preserving coding strategy (FS4) in a series of sound field spatial hearing tests. As a baseline, we assessed the sensitivity to ITDs and binaural beats of 12 BiCI subjects with a coding strategy disregarding fine structure (HDCIS) and the FS4 strategy. For 250 Hz pure-tone stimuli but not for broadband noise, the BiCI users had significantly improved ITD discrimination using the FS4 strategy. In the binaural beat detection task and the broadband sound localization, spatial discrimination, and tracking tasks, no significant differences between the two tested coding strategies were observed. These results suggest that ITD sensitivity did not generalize to broadband stimuli or sound field spatial hearing tests, suggesting that it would not be useful for real-world listening.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders (ENT) 10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research 10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Hearing Research Laboratory |
Graduate School: |
Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Fischer, Tim Alois, Schmid, Christoph (B), Kompis, Martin, Mantokoudis, Georgios, Caversaccio, Marco, Wimmer, Wilhelm |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0001-4966 |
Publisher: |
AIP Publishing |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Wilhelm Wimmer |
Date Deposited: |
11 Aug 2021 11:31 |
Last Modified: |
13 Aug 2024 10:10 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1121/10.0005732 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/157880 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/157880 |
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