Binaural interaction component in adults with normal hearing
Mariana de Carvalho Leal, Adilane de Sousa Costa Reis, Lilian Ferreira Muniz · 2026
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Mariana de Carvalho Leal, Adilane de Sousa Costa Reis, and Lilian Ferreira Muniz set out a 2026 hearing study. It aims to pin down the binaural interaction component (BIC) in adults whose hearing is normal. Two ears working together let the brain merge sounds, a skill that matters most in noise. The component is computed from auditory brainstem responses by subtracting the summed one-ear responses from the true two-ear response.
The authors frame their goal as establishing normative values for this objective measure in healthy adults. Prior evidence for the method rests mostly on brainstem potentials with particular stimuli, leaving everyday standards thin. Binaural skill itself matures with age and listening experience, which complicates any single cutoff. A solid reference range, they argue, would help clinicians judge binaural processing problems against something firmer than guesswork.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mariana de Carvalho Leal, Adilane de Sousa Costa Reis, Lilian Ferreira Muniz |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20780 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |