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Advances in the Understanding of Binaural Information Processing: Consideration of the Stimulus as Processed

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Progress made over the last 20 years within the broad field of binaural information processing has, in many ways, stemmed from a more sophisticated understanding of stimuli as processed as opposed to consideration of external, physical stimuli. The knowledge gained has permitted important advances in the understanding of specific, peripheral and/or central, mechanisms that underlie and constrain binaural capabilities. Many of the advances have stemmed from earphone-based studies concerning binaural detection, discrimination, and lateralization. The enterprise, taken together with advances in other areas of auditory research, has allowed for the development of more comprehensive and accurate, quantitative models of human binaural performance. At this juncture, it appears that progress in the future would be fostered by a more integrative approach in which common sets of parametrically constructed stimuli that have been proven to be theoretically diagnostic would be employed in “parallel” behavioral and neurophysiological investigations.

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This work was supported by research grant NIH DC-04147 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health.

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Trahiotis, C., Bernstein, L.R. (2014). Advances in the Understanding of Binaural Information Processing: Consideration of the Stimulus as Processed. In: Popper, A., Fay, R. (eds) Perspectives on Auditory Research. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 50. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9102-6_31

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