Biomedical subjects

Nat Durlach

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PubMed2006

The perceptual consequences of binaural hearing.

Binaural processing in normal hearing activities is based on the ability of listeners to use the information provided by the differences between the signals at the two ears. The most prominent differences are the interaural time difference and the interaural level difference, both of which depend on frequency. This paper describes the stages by which these differences are estimated by the physiological structures of the auditory system, summarizes the sensitivity of the human listener to these differences, and reviews the nature of the interaural differences in realistic environments.

Acoustics↗

PubMed2006

Auditory masking: need for improved conceptual structure.

Even in simpler times, some people (e.g., Tanner) found it useful to ask "What is masking?" Independent of the extent to which this question was adequately answered even in those times, it is clear that the current expanded interest in central auditory processing has raised this question anew. In this note, comments are made about masking-related issues that illustrate the kinds of questions that need to be considered in attempting to develop a conceptual structure that can be effectively used to define, classify, study, and model auditory masking.

Acoustic Stimulation↗