Abstract
The cocktail party problem was first coined by E Colin Cherry in 1953 and it describes the archetypal challenge of listening in a complex soundscape (e.g., multiple talkers conversing vying for your attention in a crowded restaurant). In the past two decades, the field of psychoacoustics has steadily marched towards understanding how we listen in these naturalistic environments. Many studies have focused on studying the psychological and physiological aspects of auditory scene analysis and object-based attention as well as how these processes differ in typical listeners from others with listening difficulties. In recent years, there has also been a burgeoning interest in understanding how cognitive load and listening effort affect our ease of listening in different situational contexts (e.g., talking while driving). In this talk, a brief survey of modern psychoacoustic experimental approaches will be presented in the hope to spur new collaborative research ideas with those who study soundscape.
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