Interaural time sensitivity declines with aging and remains impaired after corrective surgery

Evidence

Sensitivity to ITDs decreases with ageing (Herman et al. 1977 ; Abel et al. 2000 ; Babkoff et al. 2002 ), and is typically impaired in hearing loss, albeit variability across individuals and aetiologies (see Moore et al. 1991 , for review), with reduced sensitivity most apparent when trying to localise sources in background noise (Lorenzi et al. 1999 ). ITD processing may also remain impaired following surgery to correct conductive hearing loss (Wilmington et al. 1994 ), and sensitivity to ITDs is typically poor in users of hearing technologies such as bilateral cochlear implants (CIs). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2949

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2949