Involving Children and Teenagers With Bilateral Cochlear Implants in the Design of the BEARS (Both EARS) Virtual Reality Training Suite Improves Personalization

• Main Authors: Deborah Vickers (Author), Marina Salorio-Corbetto (Author), Sandra Driver (Author), Christine Rocca (Author), Yuli Levtov (Author), Kevin Sum (Author), Bhavisha Parmar (Author), Giorgos Dritsakis (Author), Jordi Albanell Flores (Author), Dan Jiang (Author), Merle Mahon (Author), Frances Early (Author), Nejra Van Zalk (Author), Lorenzo Picinali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Older children and teenagers with bilateral cochlear implants often have poor spatial hearing because they cannot fuse sounds from the two ears. This deficit jeopardizes speech and language development, education, and social well-being. The lack of protocols for fitting bilateral cochlear implants a...