An important topic in contemporary auditory science is supra-threshold hearing. Difficulty
hearing at conversational speech levels in background noise has long been recognized as …

Tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation in the absence of external sounds, while
hyperacusis is an atypical sensitivity to external sounds that leads them to be perceived as …

A phenomenological model of the auditory periphery in cats was previously developed by
Zilany and colleagues [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 126, 2390–2412 (2009)] to examine the detailed …

The present study uses a systems engineering approach to delineate the relationship
between tinnitus and hyperacusis as a result of either hearing loss in the ear or an …

Identifying behaviorally relevant sounds in the presence of background noise is one of the
most important and poorly understood challenges faced by the auditory system. An elegant …

Spatial hearing, and more specifically the ability to localize sounds in space, is one of the
most studied and best understood aspects of hearing. Because there is no coding of …

Current models for neural coding of vowels are typically based on linear descriptions of the
auditory periphery, and fail at high sound levels and in background noise. These models …

Sounds are processed by the ear and central auditory pathway. These processing steps are
biologically complex, and many aspects of the transformation from sound waveforms to …

Abstract Models are valuable tools to assess how deeply we understand complex systems:
only if we are able to replicate the output of a system based on the function of its …

This review addresses the putative role of the medial olivocochlear (MOC) reflex in
psychophysical masking and intensity resolution in humans. A framework for interpreting …