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To explore how age, hearing loss, and binaural cues affect perceived listening effort and lateralization acuity.

May 14, 2026The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Lateralization and perceived listening effort: Effects of age, hearing loss, and robust binaural cues

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To explore how age, hearing loss, and binaural cues affect perceived listening effort and lateralization acuity.
Participants assessed lateralization acuity using words from the BU Speech Corpus.
Two stimuli were presented at different azimuths while perceived listening effort was rated from 1 to 10.
The relationship between listening effort and lateralization acuity was analyzed across age and hearing loss factors.
Lower lateralization acuity is associated with increased perceived listening effort.
Variations in perceived listening effort were noted based on the target to masker ratio, age, and hearing ability.

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Randomized trial investigates the relationship between spatial masking, listening effort, and age-related factors, suggesting important implications for auditory processing.

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Barkhouse et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a05685ca550a87e60a20d56 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0040157

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Randomized trial investigates the relationship between spatial masking, listening effort, and age-related factors, suggesting important implications for auditory processing.

Lateralization and perceived listening effort: Effects of age, hearing loss, and robust binaural cues

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Lateralization and perceived listening effort: Effects of age, hearing loss, and robust binaural cues

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