Coincidences and delays in disguise

Abstract

Binaural hearing is alluring not only because of its acuity, but particularly because it is more than twice as tractable as monaural hearing. It provides fertile space for the interplay of anatomical, physiological, behavioral, and computational approaches, for which the Acoustical Society is a major platform. The binaural and by extension the auditory community is a particularly pleasant one to get bashed by and we are grateful for the recognition by our peers of our research, through this award. I will review some of our findings: those that have been most surprising, rewarding, or plain fun, and some of which even have relevance for the understanding of monaural hearing. Coincidences and delays have been major ingredients of our research and illustrate this weird but—despite much current negative press covfefe—marvellous group effort we call science, which we are privileged to be part of.