The ability to determine the location of a sound source is fundamental to hearing. However,
auditory space is not represented in any systematic manner on the basilar membrane of the …

Bilateral cochlear implantation is becoming a standard of care in many clinics. While much
benefit has been shown through bilateral implantation, patients who have bilateral cochlear …

The dominant cue for localization of low-frequency sounds are microsecond differences in
the time-of-arrival of sounds at the two ears [interaural time difference (ITD)]. In mammals …

Neurons communicate primarily with spikes, but most theories of neural computation are
based on firing rates. Yet, many experimental observations suggest that the temporal …

As an animal navigates its surroundings, the sounds reaching its two ears change in
waveform similarity (interaural correlation) and in time of arrival (interaural time difference …

Bilateral cochlear implantation is increasingly becoming the standard in the clinical
treatment of bilateral deafness. The main motivation is to provide users of bilateral cochlear …

Georg Békésy laid the foundation for cochlear mechanics, foremost by demonstrating the
traveling wave that is the substrate for mammalian cochlear mechanical processing. He …

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 …

In humans, horizontal sound localization of low-frequency sounds is mainly based on
interaural time differences (ITDs). Traditionally, it was assumed that ITDs are converted into …

Feedforward inhibition sharpens the precision of neurons throughout ascending auditory
pathways, including the binaural neurons of the medial superior olive (MSO). However, the …