The ability to localize stationary sources of speech and music allows for the organization of auditory attention and promotes successful communication and learning, while the ability to localize technical devices, especially moving ones, is of fundamental importance for life safety and professional suitability in some specialties....
No actionable practice change yet; findings characterize spatial hearing deficits in a dual-impairment population but do not evaluate a treatment or intervention.
Distinguishing spatial hearing deficits attributable to central auditory processing disorders versus peripheral hearing loss in older adults could inform more targeted rehabilitation strategies.
- 01Examines sound-source localization in elderly adults with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss AND central auditory processing disorders.
- 02Both peripheral and central hearing pathology likely compound spatial hearing difficulties in this group.
- 03Published in Advances in Gerontology (2025); adds to a thin evidence base on dual-impairment populations.
- 04Findings may have implications for hearing-aid fitting strategies that address spatial cues.
Elderly individuals with both sensorineural hearing loss and central auditory processing disorders have measurable impairments in spatial hearing and sound-source localization.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42139531
- DOI
- 10.34922/AE.2025.38.6.009.
- Journal
- Advances in Gerontology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Elderly individuals with mild-to-moderate chronic sensorineural hearing loss and central auditory processing disorders
- Intervention
- Assessment of spatial hearing and sound-source localization abilities
Primary outcomes
Spatial hearing performance; Sound-source localization accuracy