Abstract
A model for binaural hearing is presented in which the firing patterns of the auditory nerve are regarded as input to a central processor. The model is a continuation of work by W. M. Siebert on monaural phenomena, and the random-process description of the firing patterns is based on data from N. Y. S. Kiang's studies in the cat. Early work centered on analysis by an ideal central processor and indicated that further restrictions on the use of detailed timing information were necessary. Restrictions on the permissible interaural comparisons of event times result in a model for the central processor in the form of a set of statistics that are used optimally. Predictions of this model are compared with data from binaural unmasking and interaural discrimination. A distinctive feature of the present model is the central rôle played by the observed randomness inherent in the firing patterns of auditory nerve fibers. [Work supported primarily by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and in part by the Joint Services Electronics Program.]
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