Given that listening to music is a source of joy and solace to many of us, how can we as clinicians enable our SSD patients to enjoy music again?įor some, hearing aid or hearing implant technology may have restored some ability to hear in 360˚, either with pseudo-binaurality, as with a CROS hearing aid or bone conduction hearing aid, or true-binaurality, as with a cochlear implant (CI) in an SSD ear. 3D audio effects simulating sound source from a three dimensional space using head related transfer functions and reverberation.Panning – creating the perception of the sound moving from one side to another either through simple level difference or in more sophisticated production phase differences and Doppler effects (for example Amused to Death by Roger Waters and Collateral Damage by Muse).Stereo-switching – where elements of a track are switched between the left, right or both channels (examples include the tracks Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix and Strawberry Fields by The Beatles).The change in perception (and in the case of earphone listening, complete loss) of one channel, due to SSD, results in the loss of important music production features including: A stereo signal is played through two channels, one to the listener’s left, the other to the right, and the signals have a relationship such that the listener perceives an image of the original sound source. SSD has significant implications for listening to music in stereo. “Music has changed now that I can’t hear it properly… it is now flat and unrevealing, distorted and partially concealed by the uproar filling.my head” This is movingly described in the memoir The Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss, (Figure 1), wherein noted music critic Nick Coleman describes his experiences listening to music after he became unilaterally deaf: Whilst the causes of single sided deafness (SSD) are varied, one complaint that is common to many individuals with SSD is difficulty enjoying recorded music. In this overview, Gemma Crundwell and David Baguley examine the impact of SSD on the perception of music and describe some of the strategies that can be employed to mitigate against some of these effects.įigure 1: The Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss by Nick Coleman. Music is an integral part of many of our lives, providing entertainment, relaxation and a backing track to our past experiences.
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