Why is onSelectionChange called twice?

I was facing the same problem for a mat-option inside a mat-select and fixed this way:

Template

<mat-select>
 <mat-option (onSelectionChange)="handleMetaSignalChange(metaSignal.name,$event);" *ngFor="let metaSignal of metaSignals" [value]="metaSignal">
  {{ metaSignal.name }}
 </mat-option>
</mat-select>

Code

 handleMetaSignalChange(metaSignal: string, event: any) {
    if (event.isUserInput) {    // ignore on deselection of the previous option
      console.log('Meta Signal Changed to ' + metaSignal + event.isUserInput);
    }
 }