Perception of Speech and Sound

The transformation of acoustical signals into auditory sensations can be characterized by psychophysical quantities such as loudness, tonality, or perceived pitch. The resolution limits of the auditory system produce spectral and temporal masking phenomena and impose constraints on the perception of amplitude modulations. Binaural hearing (i.e., utilizing the acoustical difference across both ears) employs interaural time and intensity differences to produce localization and binaural unmasking phenomena such as the binaural intelligibility level difference, i.e., the speech reception threshold difference between listening to speech in noise monaurally versus listening with both ears.

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