The Regents of the University of Michigan was awarded a $147,656 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders) to investigate how spatial and temporal cues are integrated to perceive auditory objects in normal hearing and single-sided deaf populations. The project aims to establish baseline measures of spatial biases on timing judgments in normal hearing adults (Aim 1) and examine the effect of single-sided deafness and cochlear implants on these spatio-temporal feature interactions (Aim 2). The research may provide an objective measure of feature integration for auditory training and improve rehabilitation strategies, particularly for addressing speech comprehension challenges in noise for individuals with single-sided deafness. The award period is from January 31, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
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