Open AccessEffects of Simulated and Profound Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Recognition of Speech in Competing Speech
Author(s) -
Filip Asp,
Sabine Reinfeldt
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000000764
Subject(s) - audiology , monaural , binaural recording , sensorineural hearing loss , hearing loss , active listening , masking (illustration) , speech perception , sound localization , unilateral hearing loss , speech recognition , psychology , medicine , computer science , communication , perception , art , neuroscience , visual arts
Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) is a condition as common as bilateral hearing loss in adults. Because of the unilaterally reduced audibility associated with UHL, binaural processing of sounds may be disrupted. As a consequence, daily tasks such as listening to speech in a background of spatially distinct competing sounds may be challenging. A growing body of subjective and objective data suggests that spatial hearing is negatively affected by UHL. However, the type and degree of UHL vary considerably in previous studies. The aim here was to determine the effect of a profound sensorineural UHL, and of a simulated UHL, on recognition of speech in competing speech, and the binaural and monaural contributions to spatial release from masking, in a demanding multisource listening environment.