Differences in the timing and intensity of sounds arriving at the two ears provide fundamental
binaural cues that help us localize and segregate sounds in the environment. Neural …

Over the years, the effect of aging on auditory function has been investigated in animal
models and humans in an effort to characterize age-related changes in both perception and …

Binaural processing, particularly the processing of interaural phase differences, is important
for sound localization and speech understanding in background noise. Age has been shown …

A person's ability to process temporal fine structure information is indispensable for speech
understanding. As speech understanding typically deteriorates throughout adult life, this …

The binaural interaction component (BIC) of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) is the
difference obtained after subtracting the sum of right and left ear ABRs from binaurally …

The auditory brain stem response (ABR) is an evoked potential that indexes a cascade of
neural events elicited by sound. In the present study we evaluated the influence of sound …

Low-frequency interaural time differences and high-frequency interaural level differences
(ILDs) are used to localize sounds in the horizontal plane. Older listeners appear to be …

As we get older, perception in cluttered environments becomes increasingly difficult as a
result of changes in peripheral and central neural processes. Given the aging society, it is …

Pure-tone audiograms often poorly predict elderly humans' ability to communicate in
everyday complex acoustic scenes. Binaural processing is crucial for discriminating sound …

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate binaural temporal processing in young and
older adults using a binaural masking level difference (BMLD) paradigm. Using behavioral …