Abstract
This presentation will discuss research on three individual causes of release from masking in speech recognition as well as the interactions among them. Spatial differences between target and masker produce release from masking through head shadow effects, binaural processing of interaural differences, and, under some specific circumstances, perceived spatial differences between target and masker. A second frequently-studied type of masking release occurs when fluctuations in a masker's amplitude envelope over time create temporal epochs in which speech-to-masker ratios are very favorable. The efficiency of masking is also reduced when a listener's prior knowledge of message content reduces uncertainty about what s/he will hear, a process often called auditory priming. This presentation will describe a series of recent experiments that consider factors that affect auditory priming and fluctuating masker benefit, individually and when combined with spatial cues. [Work supported by NIDCD DC01625.]
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