Long-term evaluation of sound localisation in single-sided deaf adults fitted with a BAHA device.

Nicolas-Xavier BonneJean-Noël HansonFanny GauvritMichaël RisoudChristophe Vincent

Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2019)

Improvement of sound localisation in the horizontal plane for some SSD patients is likely related to altered processing of monaural spectral cues. The time needed to learn to use the azimuth-dependent spectral cues takes time. Long-term follow-up should be considered for studies investigating sound localisation performance.

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