A common complaint among listeners with hearing loss (HL) is that they have difficulty
communicating in common social settings. This article reviews how normal-hearing listeners …

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

This study reconsiders the number of effective channels in contemporary cochlear implants.
Subjects listened to matrix sentences with a competing talker using their clinical map (up to …

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 …

We can recognize familiar people by their voices, and familiar talkers are more intelligible
than unfamiliar talkers when competing talkers are present. However, whether the acoustic …

This study examined spatial release from masking (SRM) when a target talker was masked
by competing talkers or by other types of sounds. The focus was on the role of interaural time …

Speech perception in complex sound fields can greatly benefit from different unmasking
cues to segregate the target from interfering voices. This study investigated the role of three …

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 …

Attempts to identify physiological correlates of listening effort have mainly focused on
peripheral measures (eg pupillometry) and auditory-evoked/event-related potentials …

Understanding speech in the presence of background sound can be challenging for older
adults. Speech comprehension in noise appears to depend on working memory and …