Spatial Release From Masking in Adults With Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Effects of Distracter Azimuth and Microphone Location

• Published in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 752 - 761
• Main Authors: Davis, Timothy J., Gifford, René H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Assistive Technology; Audiology; Auditory system; Cochlear Implants; Coding; Cues; Deafness; Deafness - psychology; Deafness - rehabilitation; Ears & hearing; Female; Hearing; Hearing Impairments; Hearing loss; Human Body; Humans; Listening comprehension; Male; Masking; Measurement; Microphones; Middle Aged; Noise; Patient outcomes; Pattern Recognition, Physiological; Perceptual Masking; Psychoacoustics; Research Design; Signal processing; Speech; Speech Communication; Speech Improvement; Speech Perception; Speech recognition; Stimuli; Transplants & implants

Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to derive spatial release from masking (SRM) performance-azimuth functions for bilateral cochlear implant (CI) users to provide a thorough description of SRM as a function of target/distracter spatial configuration. The secondary purpose of this study w...