Interaural level differences do not suffice for restoring spatial release from masking in simulated cochlear implant listening.

Spatial release from masking refers to a benefit for speech understanding. It occurs when a target talker and a masker talker are spatially separated. In those cases, speech intelligibility for target speech is typically higher than when both talkers are at the same location. In cochlear implant lis...

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Main Authors: Antje Ihlefeld, Ruth Y Litovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3447935?pdf=render