Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness
While cochlear implantation has benefitted many patients with single-sided deafness (SSD), there is great variability in cochlear implant (CI) outcomes and binaural performance remains poorer than that of normal-hearing (NH) listeners. Differences in sound quality across ears—temporal fine structure...
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| description | While cochlear implantation has benefitted many patients with single-sided deafness (SSD), there is great variability in cochlear implant (CI) outcomes and binaural performance remains poorer than that of normal-hearing (NH) listeners. Differences in sound quality across ears—temporal fine structure (TFS) information with acoustic hearing vs. coarse spectro-temporal envelope information with electric hearing—may limit integration of acoustic and electric patterns. Binaural performance may also be limited by inter-aural mismatch between the acoustic input frequency and the place of stimulation in the cochlea. SSD CI patients must learn to accommodate these differences between acoustic and electric stimulation to maximize binaural performance. It is possible that training may increase and/or accelerate accommodation and further improve binaural performance. In this study, we evaluated lateralization training in NH subjects listening to broad simulations of SSD CI signal processing. A 16-channel vocoder was used to simulate the coarse spectro-temporal cues available with electric hearing; the degree of inter-aural mismatch was varied by adjusting the simulated insertion depth (SID) to be 25 mm (SID25), 22 mm (SID22) and 19 mm (SID19) from the base of the cochlea. Lateralization was measured using headphones and head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). Baseline lateralization was measured for unprocessed speech (UN) delivered to the left ear to simulate SSD and for binaural performance with the acoustic ear combined with the 16-channel vocoders (UN+SID25, UN+SID22 and UN+SID19). After completing baseline measurements, subjects completed six lateralization training exercises with the UN+SID22 condition, after which performance was re-measured for all baseline conditions. Post-training performance was significantly better than baseline for all conditions (p < 0.05 in all cases), with no significant difference in training benefits among conditions. Given that there was no significant difference between the SSD and the SSD CI conditions before or after training, the results suggest that NH listeners were unable to integrate TFS and coarse spectro-temporal cues across ears for lateralization, and that inter-aural mismatch played a secondary role at best. While lateralization training may benefit SSD CI patients, the training may largely improve spectral analysis with the acoustic ear alone, rather than improve integration of acoustic and electric hearing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e82081ae39424f59848d287290b92fd32022-12-22T01:07:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612018-07-011210.3389/fnhum.2018.00287383814Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided DeafnessFei Yu0Hai Li1Xiaoqing Zhou2XiaoLin Tang3John J. Galvin III4Qian-Jie Fu5Wei Yuan6Department of Otolaryngology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaHouse Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Otolaryngology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, ChinaWhile cochlear implantation has benefitted many patients with single-sided deafness (SSD), there is great variability in cochlear implant (CI) outcomes and binaural performance remains poorer than that of normal-hearing (NH) listeners. Differences in sound quality across ears—temporal fine structure (TFS) information with acoustic hearing vs. coarse spectro-temporal envelope information with electric hearing—may limit integration of acoustic and electric patterns. Binaural performance may also be limited by inter-aural mismatch between the acoustic input frequency and the place of stimulation in the cochlea. SSD CI patients must learn to accommodate these differences between acoustic and electric stimulation to maximize binaural performance. It is possible that training may increase and/or accelerate accommodation and further improve binaural performance. In this study, we evaluated lateralization training in NH subjects listening to broad simulations of SSD CI signal processing. A 16-channel vocoder was used to simulate the coarse spectro-temporal cues available with electric hearing; the degree of inter-aural mismatch was varied by adjusting the simulated insertion depth (SID) to be 25 mm (SID25), 22 mm (SID22) and 19 mm (SID19) from the base of the cochlea. Lateralization was measured using headphones and head-related transfer functions (HRTFs). Baseline lateralization was measured for unprocessed speech (UN) delivered to the left ear to simulate SSD and for binaural performance with the acoustic ear combined with the 16-channel vocoders (UN+SID25, UN+SID22 and UN+SID19). After completing baseline measurements, subjects completed six lateralization training exercises with the UN+SID22 condition, after which performance was re-measured for all baseline conditions. Post-training performance was significantly better than baseline for all conditions (p < 0.05 in all cases), with no significant difference in training benefits among conditions. Given that there was no significant difference between the SSD and the SSD CI conditions before or after training, the results suggest that NH listeners were unable to integrate TFS and coarse spectro-temporal cues across ears for lateralization, and that inter-aural mismatch played a secondary role at best. While lateralization training may benefit SSD CI patients, the training may largely improve spectral analysis with the acoustic ear alone, rather than improve integration of acoustic and electric hearing.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00287/fullcochlear implantssingle-sided deafnesslocalizationlateralizationinsertion depth |
| spellingShingle | Fei Yu Hai Li Xiaoqing Zhou XiaoLin Tang John J. Galvin III Qian-Jie Fu Wei Yuan Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness Frontiers in Human Neuroscience cochlear implants single-sided deafness localization lateralization insertion depth |
| title | Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_full | Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_short | Effects of Training on Lateralization for Simulations of Cochlear Implants and Single-Sided Deafness |
| title_sort | effects of training on lateralization for simulations of cochlear implants and single sided deafness |
| topic | cochlear implants single-sided deafness localization lateralization insertion depth |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00287/full |
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