Selective attention to one of several competing speakers is required for comprehending a
target speaker among other voices and for successful communication with them. It moreover …

The ability to navigate “cocktail party” situations by focusing on sounds of interest over
irrelevant, background sounds is often considered in terms of cortical mechanisms …

It is widely established that sensory perception is a rhythmic process as opposed to a
continuous one. In the context of auditory perception, this effect is only established on a …

Speech is a complex real-world stimulus that consists of time-varying contributions in many
frequency bands. The inner ear, or cochlea, not only transduces the acoustic vibrations into …

Humans are highly skilled at the analysis of complex auditory scenes. In particular, the
human auditory system is characterized by incredible robustness to noise and can nearly …

Navigating “cocktail party” situations by enhancing foreground sounds over irrelevant
background information is typically considered from a cortico-centric perspective. However …