Spatial unmasking and binaural advantage for children with normal hearing, a cochlear implant and a hearing aid, and bilateral implants

Mansze Mok; Karyn L. Galvin; Richard C. Dowell; Colette M. McKay

doi:10.1159/000103210

Spatial unmasking and binaural advantage for children with normal hearing, a cochlear implant and a hearing aid, and bilateral implants

Mansze Mok^*, Karyn L. Galvin, Richard C. Dowell, Colette M. McKay

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College of Health and Life Sciences

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The aims of this study were to: (1) determine if spatial unmasking existed and differed for children with normal hearing, a hearing aid and a cochlear implant (CIHA), and bilateral implants (BICI); (2) determine if binaural advantage and headshadow effect differed between children with CIHA and BICI. Results indicated that most of the CIHA and BICI children demonstrated spatial unmasking, though to a lesser degree than children with normal hearing. Results also indicated that the children with BICI demonstrated greater headshadow effect than those with CIHA. The CIHA and BICI children also differed in binaural advantage, which could be due to the differences in headshadow effect and in detection abilities with the hearing aid versus the second implant.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	295-306
Number of pages	12
Journal	Audiology and Neuro-otology
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000103210
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2007

Keywords

Children with cochlear implants
Cochlear implants
Hearing aids
Speech perception

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