The cochlea decomposes sounds into separate frequency channels, from which the auditory
brain must reconstruct the auditory scene. To do this the auditory system must make …

Analysing complex auditory scenes depends in part on learning the long-term statistical
structure of sounds comprising those scenes. One way in which the listening brain achieves …

In contrast to the complex acoustic environments we encounter everyday, most studies of
auditory segregation have used relatively simple signals. Here, we synthesized a new …

Auditory scene analysis mechanisms are traditionally divided into “simultaneous” processes,
which operate across frequency, and “sequential” processes, which bind sounds across …

The perceptual organization of two-tone sequences into auditory streams was investigated
using a modeling framework consisting of an auditory pre-processing front end [Dau et al., J …

Temporal coherence of sound fluctuations across spectral channels is thought to aid
auditory grouping and scene segregation. Although prior studies on the neural bases of …

Hearing-impaired listeners struggle to understand speech in noise, even when using
cochlear implants (CIs) or hearing aids. Successful listening in noisy environments depends …

Recent studies of auditory streaming have suggested that repeated synchronous onsets and
offsets over time, referred to as “temporal coherence,” provide a strong grouping cue …

Highlights•Sound perception in noisy environments is a major challenge for the auditory
system.•Adaptation to sound statistics helps to form noise-tolerant neural representations.• …

Segregating distinct sound sources is fundamental for auditory perception, as in the cocktail
party problem. In a process called the build-up of stream segregation, distinct sound sources …