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.
Steven Colburn
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Hearing Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. colburn@bu.edu
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Barbara
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Kidd
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Durlach
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D000162:Acoustics; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D004777:Environment; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D011930:Reaction Time; D013017:Sound Localization