Localizing a sound source requires the auditory system to determine its direction and its
distance. In general, hearing-impaired listeners do less well in experiments measuring …

Assistive technology for the differently abled and older adults has made remarkable
achievements in providing rehabilitative, adaptive, and assistive devices. It provides huge …

Limited abilities to localize sound sources and other reduced spatial hearing capabilities
remain a largely unsolved issue in hearing devices like hearing aids or hear-through …

Cubick and Dau [(2016). Acta Acust. Acust. 102, 547–557] showed that speech reception
thresholds (SRTs) in noise, obtained with normal-hearing listeners, were significantly higher …

Sound localization in the sagittal planes, including the ability to distinguish front from back,
relies on spectral features caused by the filtering effects of the head, pinna, and torso. It is …

Purpose: This review article reviews the contemporary studies of localization ability for
different populations in different listening environments and provides possible future …

Hearing loss and cognitive function interact in both a bottom-up and top-down relationship.
Listening effort is tied to these interactions, and models have been developed to explain …

Objectives: Although directional microphones on a hearing aid provide a signal-to-noise
ratio benefit in a noisy background, the amount of benefit is dependent on how close the …

Objective: Compared to basic-feature hearing aids, premium-feature hearing aids have
more advanced technologies and sophisticated features. The objective of this study was to …

Objectives: We report on the ability of patients fit with bilateral cochlear implants (CIs) to
distinguish the front-back location of sound sources both with and without head movements …