Conclusion
Using a novel VR training based on reaching to sounds, audio-visual feedback and free head movements during listening, we documented that training sound localization ability in UCI users is possible. While these observations emerged in laboratory setting, they have direct translational implications for the clinical context because the observed improvements did not result from changes in hearing settings and hearing thresholds of the participants. Instead, they were likely the result of recalibration processes and self-regulatory behavior, triggered by a combination of multisensory feedback and actions directed to sounds (with the hand and the head). In turn, these allowed participants to better exploit the residual auditory cues when processing auditory space.