The field of Binaural Hearing involves studies of auditory perception, physiology, and modeling, including normal and abnormal aspects of the system. Binaural processes involved in both sound localization and speech unmasking have gained a broader interest and have received growing attention in the published literature. The field has undergone some significant changes. There is now a much richer understanding of the many aspects that comprising binaural processing, its role in development, and in success and limitations of hearing-aid and cochlear-implant users.

The goal of this volume is to provide an up-to-date reference on the developments and novel ideas in the field of binaural hearing. The primary readership for the volume is expected to be academic specialists in the diverse fields that connect with psychoacoustics, neuroscience, engineering, psychology, audiology, and cochlear implants. This volume will serve as an important resource by way of introduction to the field, in particular for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, the faculty who train them and clinicians.

Features physiological comparisons between avian and mammalian binaural systems Explores human perception and modeling with a focus on perceptual outcomes Reviews contemporary developments in binaural hearing, including behavioral studies, neurophysiological and anatomical studies, auditory plasticity, modeling, and hearing-assistive devices

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Dr. Ruth Litovsky is a Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a joint appointment in Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology.

Dr. Matthew Goupell is an Associate Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland, with affiliate appointments in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program and in Physics.  Dr. Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and research professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Dr. Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola, Chicago.

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Ch 1: Binaural Processing of Sounds.- Ch 2: Localization and Lateralization of Sound.- Ch 3: Sound Source Localization Is a Multisystem Process.- Ch 4: Anatomy and Physiology of the Avian Binaural System.- Ch 5: Binaural Hearing by the Mammalian Auditory Brainstem: Joint Coding of Interaural Level and Time Differences by the Lateral Superior Olive.- Ch 6: Binaural Hearing with Temporally Complex Signals.- Ch 7: Binaural Hearing and Across-Channel Processing.- Ch 8: Binaural Unmasking and Spatial Release from Masking.- Ch 9: Spatial Hearing in Rooms and Effects of Reverberation.- Ch 10: Computational Models of Binaural Processing.- Ch 11: Clinical Ramifications of the Effects of Hearing Impairment and Aging on Spatial and Binaural Hearing.- Ch 12: Physiology of Higher Central Auditory Processing and Plasticity.- Ch 13: Binaural Hearing with Devices.