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We developed a stereo-audiometric test in noise with free head movements to evaluate movements and auditory performance in monaural and binaural conditions in normal hearing volunteers with one occluded ear. Tests were performed in the binaural condition (BIN), with the left ear (LEO) or the right ear occluded (REO). The signal was emitted by one of the seven speakers, placed every 30\u00b0 in a semicircle, and the noise (cocktail party) by all speakers. Subjects turned their head freely to obtain the most comfortable listening position, then repeated 10 sentences in this position. In monaural conditions, the sums of rotations (head rotations for an optimal hearing position in degrees, random signal azimuth, 1 to 15 signal ad lib signal presentations) were higher (LEO 255 \u00b1 212\u00b0, REO 308 \u00b1 208\u00b0 versus BIN 74 \u00b1 76, p &lt; 0.001, ANOVA) than those in the BIN condition and the discrimination score (out of 10) was lower than that in the BIN condition (LEO 5 \u00b1 1, REO 7 \u00b1 1 versus BIN 8 \u00b1 1, respectively p &lt; 0.001 and p &lt; 0.05 ANOVA). In the monaural condition, total rotation and discrimination in noise were negatively correlated with difficulty (Pearson r = \u22120.68, p &lt; 0.01 and \u22120.51, p &lt; 0.05, respectively). Subjects\u2019 behaviors were different in optimizing their hearing in noise via head rotation. 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