Training spatial hearing in unilateral cochlear implant users through reaching to sounds in virtual reality.
Chiara ValzolgherSabrina BouzaidSolene GrenouilletJulie GatelLaura RatenetFrancesca MurenuGrégoire VerdeletRomeo SalemmeValérie GaveauAurélie CoudertRuben HermannEric TruyAlessandro FarnèFrancesco PavaniPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2023)
Our results showed that sound localization in UCI users improves during a Spatial training, with benefits that extend also to a non-trained sound localization task (generalization). These findings have potentials for novel rehabilitation procedures in clinical contexts.