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Scene Analysis

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Auditory Computation

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 6))

Abstract

One person talks to another in a crowded, noisy room; a soloist performs a concerto with an orchestra; a car screeches to a halt in the street outside: in each of these situations, the auditory system is faced with the problem of separating several different sources of sound from the complex, composite signal that reaches the ears.

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  1. Office of Naval Research, 800 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA, 22217, USA

    Harold L. Hawkins  & Teresa A. McMullen  & 

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-9566, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

  3. Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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Mellinger, D.K., Mont-Reynaud, B.M. (1996). Scene Analysis. In: Hawkins, H.L., McMullen, T.A., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) Auditory Computation. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4070-9_7

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