Hearing aids cannot restore sound localization but may aid ILD representation.

Evidence

Deficits in auditory perceptual abilities have a direct consequence for perception of sounds in natural environments. Audibility is the greatest factor in communication difficulties for listeners with hearing loss. However, supra-threshold deficits all contribute to poor auditory perception. … Specific deficits can be difficult to compensate for using modern hearing aid technology, and in many cases, hearing aid algorithms distort the cues available to a listener with SNHL. Despite the distortion provided by these algorithms, hearing aids provide benefits to speech understanding. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1777 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Auditory nerve damage degrades sound localization by corrupting ILD and ITD cues; Hearing aids fail to restore sound localization in many listeners; Hearing aids distort localization cues and often worsen localization (+4 more)

Related

• Hearing aids fail to restore sound localization in many listeners (similarity 0.91)
• Hearing aids often worsen rather than improve sound localization. (similarity 0.91)
• Hearing aids cannot restore sound localization because coding damage, not audibility, is the cause (similarity 0.89)
• Hearing aid algorithms distort auditory cues yet still improve speech understanding (similarity 0.89)
• Auditory nerve damage degrades sound localization by corrupting ILD and ITD cues (similarity 0.88)
• Hearing aids distort localization cues and often worsen localization (similarity 0.88)
• Sensorineural hearing loss causes wide variability in sound localization ability (similarity 0.85)
• Sound localization deficits in hearing loss come from neural coding changes, not audibility. (similarity 0.85)
• Hearing aids cannot deliver speech-in-noise gains that users can perceive or value (similarity 0.85)
• Hearing loss is a sensory-representation deficit, not merely an acoustic one. (similarity 0.85)
• Restoring audibility does not restore sound localization in hearing loss (similarity 0.85)
• Even enlarged pinna cues leave hearing-impaired localization far below normal (similarity 0.85)
• Independent compression in each ear distorts binaural localization cues (similarity 0.84)
• Directional hearing aid microphones can degrade sound localization by attenuating lateral sounds (similarity 0.84)
• Hearing aids address three deficits but leave frequency, temporal, and pitch processing unaddressed. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Hearing aids distort localization cues and often worsen localization #complicates (0.85)
• Hearing aid algorithms distort auditory cues yet still improve speech understanding #corroborates (0.85) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1777
• Short time frames make ILD estimates sensitive to interaural coherence #expands (0.80)
• Even enlarged pinna cues leave hearing-impaired localization far below normal #complicates (0.75) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3050
• Coincidence detection models were extended to also encode ILD sensitivity #expands (0.75)