Hearing aids cannot restore sound localization because coding damage, not audibility, is the cause

Evidence

Although hearing aids can compensate for issues related to audibility, they cannot address abnormal physiological coding. We see evidence that audibility is not the only driving factor of abnormal sound localization in listeners with hearing loss, as hearing aids do not appear to restore sound localization for many listeners. In fact, in some cases, listeners wearing hearing aids make more localization errors than when they are not wearing hearing aids. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1585

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to general audiology theme that amplification compensates audibility but not neural processing deficits, echoing themes from earlier MLD binaural processing chapters.