Usher syndrome (USH) is a major cause of deaf-blindness in humans, affecting∼ 400 000
patients worldwide. Three clinical subtypes, USH1-3, have been defined, with 10 USH …

Bilateral cochlear implantation is increasingly becoming the standard in the clinical
treatment of bilateral deafness. The main motivation is to provide users of bilateral cochlear …

Bilateral cochlear implants (CIs) have provided some success in improving spatial hearing
abilities to patients, but with large variability in performance. One reason for the variability is …

Objectives: Listening to speech with multiple competing talkers requires the perceptual
separation of the target voice from the interfering background. Normal-hearing listeners are …

Spatial release from masking is traditionally measured with speech in front. The effect of
head-orientation with respect to the speech direction has rarely been studied. Speech …

Objectives: Cochlear-implant (CI) users with single-sided deafness (SSD)—that is, one
normal-hearing (NH) ear and one CI ear—can obtain some unmasking benefits when a …

Background Impaired auditory speech perception abilities in deaf children with hearing aids
compromised their verbal intelligence enormously. The availability of unilateral cochlear …

Objectives: This study tested listeners with a cochlear implant (CI) in one ear and acoustic
hearing in the other ear, to assess their ability to localize sound and to understand speech in …

Objectives: Bilateral cochlear implants (BI-CIs) are intended to improve sound localization
and speech understanding in the presence of interfering sounds. For normal-hearing …

Objectives: The cost-effectiveness of bilateral cochlear implants in adults remains uncertain
despite established clinical benefits. In cost-effectiveness studies, benefit is often measured …