The auditory system derives locations of sound sources from spatial cues provided by the
interaction of sound with the head and external ears. Those cues are analyzed in specific …

Solving the “cocktail party problem” depends on segregating, selecting, and comprehending
the message of one specific talker among competing talkers. This chapter reviews the …

Are musicians better able to understand speech in noise than non-musicians? Recent
findings have produced contradictory results. Here we addressed this question by asking …

The goal of this study was to investigate how cognitive factors influence performance in a
multi-talker,“cocktail-party” like environment in musicians and non-musicians. This was …

Bilateral cochlear implantation is increasingly becoming the standard in the clinical
treatment of bilateral deafness. The main motivation is to provide users of bilateral cochlear …

Identification of target speech was studied under masked conditions consisting of two or four
independent speech maskers. In the reference conditions, the maskers were colocated with …

Speech perception is essential for daily communication. Background noise or concurrent
talkers, on the other hand, can make it challenging for listeners to track the target speech (ie …

Numerous studies have described improvements in speech understanding when interaural
time differences (ITDs) and interaural level differences (ILDs) are present. The present study …

Spatial hearing is widely regarded as helpful in recognizing a sound amid other competing
sounds. It is a matter of debate, however, whether spatial cues contribute to “stream …

While conversing in a crowded social setting, a listener is often required to follow a target
speech signal amid multiple competing speech signals (the so-called “cocktail party” …