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Spatial hearing abilities in adults with bilateral cochlear implants.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Spatial hearing abilities in adults with bilateral cochlear implants./
作者:	Agrawal, Smita Satish.
面頁冊數:	136 p.
附註:	Adviser: Ruth Y. Litovsky.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-09B.
標題:	Health Sciences, Audiology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoeng/servlet/advanced?query=3327869
ISBN:	9780549804093

Spatial hearing abilities in adults with bilateral cochlear implants.
Agrawal, Smita Satish.

Spatial hearing abilities in adults with bilateral cochlear implants. - 136 p.

Adviser: Ruth Y. Litovsky.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2008.

An increasing number of persons with severe to profound hearing loss are opting for bilateral cochlear implants (BiCI) in an attempt to access the benefits offered by listening through both ears. Numerous studies have demonstrated that two implants are better than one for localizing sound sources in quiet, controlled acoustic environments. However, complex listening environments continue to pose difficulties for BiCI listeners. The present series of experiments compared measures obtained in free-field (FF) using uncoordinated clinical speech processors with measures obtained using direct electrical stimulation (DS) with a research processor. First, the ability to localize sounds was studied in these simulated realistic listening conditions: (1) in the presence of interfering sounds, (2) with target uncertainty and (3) dual-tasking for sound localization and speech identification. Second, localization performance in FF was compared with binaural sensitivity to interaural time difference (ITD) and interaural level difference (ILD) cues measured using DS. Finally, the extent to which directional information in echoes can be suppressed, i.e., the phenomenon of the precedence effect (PE) was evaluated in FF and under DS.

ISBN: 9780549804093Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018138
Health Sciences, Audiology.

Spatial hearing abilities in adults with bilateral cochlear implants.
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