Transmission of Binaural Cues by Bilateral Cochlear Implants: A Comparison of Spectral Peak-Picking and Interleaved Stimulation Strategies

Paul G. Mayo, Andrew D. Brown, Matthew G. Goupell, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, East Carolina University, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park

Trends in Amplification

Published online on July 21, 2026

Abstract

Trends in Hearing, Volume 30, January-December 2026.
Cochlear implants (CIs) effectively restore speech understanding in quiet for many recipients. However, bilateral CI listeners continue to perform poorer than acoustic-hearing listeners on spatial-hearing tasks such as sound localization. One explanation ...