TY - JOUR ID - 48497 TI - Comparison of Auditory Localization Ability between Preschool Bilateral Hearing-Impaired Children and Normal Hearing Children JO - Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences & Research JA - JRSR LA - en SN - 2345-6167 AU - Gohari, Nasrin AU - Hosseini dastgerdi, Zahra AU - Dehghani, Foozieh AU - Negin, Ehsan AU - Heidari, Atta AD - Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran AD - Department of Audiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. AD - Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. AD - Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2023 PY - 2023 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 100 EP - 105 KW - Hearing Loss KW - sound localization KW - Hearing aid KW - children DO - 10.30476/jrsr.2022.95333.1287 N2 - Background: Sound localization is a valuable skill whose maturation is influenced by auditory experience and is limited by bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. No study has assessed auditory localization in bilateral hearing-impaired children (BHIC) aged 5-6 years. The present study aimed to investigate the auditory localization skill in children with moderate-to-severe bilateral hearing loss and using hearing aids compared to their normally hearing peers.Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 19 participants aged 5-6 years (60-72 months) with a mean age of 65.31± 3.83 months as the BHIC group and 21 participants aged 5-6 years with a mean age of 60.21±3.02 months as the normally hearing children (NHC) group. The localization ability of both groups was tested in 24 positions with 15-degree intervals by a speaker connected to a laptop and a calibrated speech stimulus named "test." A score of +0.5 for each 15 degrees of error on the right side of the position and -0.5 on the left side of the position were considered.Results: The results revealed a significant difference in the error rates between the two groups in four (out of 24) positions (p<0.05). Differences were not statistically significant in other positions.Conclusion: The BHIC had a defect in the localization skill in some situations. Therefore, localization test and localization training are recommended for these children. UR - https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_48497.html L1 - https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_48497_57354623694196cdb62f108afb573ac8.pdf ER -