Selected papers and talks

We list here most of the papers written by members of our group in binaural hearing, with links provided for selected papers, which are not as accessible in the open literature. Links are in PDF form unless otherwise indicated. Contact us if you would like to obtain a paper for which no link is present.

[New!] Classic binaural theses

COLBURN, H.S. (1969). Some Physiological Limitations on Binaural Performance, PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September, 1969.
STERN, R. M., Jr. (1976). Lateralization, Discrimination, and Detection of Binaural Pure Tones, PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, December, 1976.

Review chapters

STERN, R. M., WANG, DeL., and BROWN, G. (2006). “Binaural Sound Localization,” Chapter in Computational Auditory Scene Analysis, G. Brown and DeL. Wang, Eds. New York: Wiley/IEEE Press.
STERN, R. M., and TRAHIOTIS, C. (1996). “Models of Binaural Perception,” Chapter in Binaural and Spatial Hearing in Real and Virtual Environments, pp. 499-531, R. Gilkey and T. R. Anderson, Eds. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
STERN, R. M., and TRAHIOTIS, C. (1995). “Models of Binaural Interaction,” Chapter in Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Volume 6: Hearing, pp. 347-386, B. C. J. Moore., Ed. New York: Academic Press.

Papers and theses on straightness weighting over frequency

STERN, R. M., and TRAHIOTIS, C. (1997). “Binaural Mechanisms that Emphasize Consistent Interaural Timing Information over Frequency,” Keynote talk in Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing, Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Hearing, August, 1997, Grantham, United Kingdom. A. R. Palmer, A. Rees, A. Q. Summerfield, and R. Meddis, Eds., Whurr Publishers, London, 1998.
TRAHIOTIS, C., and STERN, R. M. (1994) “Across-Frequency Interaction in Lateralization of Complex Binaural Stimuli,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 96: 3804- 3806 (L).
STERN, R. M., and TRAHIOTIS, C. (1991). “The Role of Consistency of Interaural Timing over Frequency in Binaural Lateralization,” Proc. of the Ninth International Symposium on Auditory Physiology and Perception, Carcans, France.
TRAHIOTIS, C., and STERN, R. M. (1989). “Lateralization of Bands of Noise: Effects of Bandwidth and Differences of Interaural Time and Phase,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 86: 1285-1293.
STERN, R. M., ZEIBERG, A. S., and TRAHIOTIS, C. (1988). “Lateralization of Complex Binaural Stimuli: A Weighted Image Model,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 84, 156-165. Erratum.

LEE, W. (1994). Lateralization of High-Frequency Bandpass Noise, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., May, 1994.
TAO, S. H. (1992). Additive versus Multiplicative Combination of Differences of Interaural Time and Intensity, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., May, 1992.

Other papers, talks, and theses on binaural modeling

STERN, R. M. (2002). "Using Computational Models of Binaural Hearing to Improve Automatic Speech Recognition: Promise, Progress, and Problems," AFOSR Workshop on Computational Audition, August, 2002.
STERN, R. M., and SHEAR, G. D. (1996a) “Lateralization and Detection of Low- Frequency Binaural Stimuli: Effects of Distribution of Internal Delay,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 100: 2278-2288.
STERN, R. M., and SHEAR, G. D. (1996b) “Lateralization and Detection of Low- Frequency Binaural Stimuli: Specification of the Extended Position-Variable Model,” Physics Auxiliary Publication Service, AIP document E-JASA-100-2278- 0.175MB via http://www.aip.org/pubservs/epaps.html.
STERN, R. M., ZEPPENFELD, T., and SHEAR, G. D. (1991). “Lateralization of Rectangularly-Modulated Noise: An Explanation for Counterintuitive Reversals,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 90: 1901-1907.
STERN, R. M., SHEAR, G. D., and ZEPPENFELD, T. (1988). “Lateralization Predictions for High-Frequency Binaural Stimuli,” J. Acoust.Soc. Amer. 84: S80 (A).
SHEAR, G. D., and STERN, R. M. (1987). “Extending the Position-Variable Model: Dependence of Lateralization on Various Spectral Parameters,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 81: S27 (A).
STERN, R. M., and COLBURN, H. S. (1985). “Lateral-Position Models of Interaural Discrimination,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 77: 753-755.
STERN, R. M., and COLBURN, H. S. (1985). “Subjective Lateral Position and Interaural Discrimination,” Physics Auxiliary Publication Service, AIP document no. PAPS JASMA-77-753-29 via http://www.aip.org/pubservs/epaps.html.
STERN, R. M., and BACHORSKI, S. J. (1983). “Dynamic Cues in Binaural Perception,” in Hearing-Physiological Bases and Psychophysics, R. Klinke and R. Hartmann, Eds., Springer Verlag Press, Heidelberg.
STERN, R. M., Jr. and COLBURN, H. S. (1978). “Theory of Binaural Interaction Based on Auditory-Nerve Data. IV. A Model for Subjective Lateral Position,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 64: 127-140.

PALM, S. R. (1989). Enhancement of Reverberated Speech, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., April, 1989.
SHEAR, G. D. (1987). Modelling the Dependence of Auditory Lateralization on Frequency and Bandwidth, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. September, 1987.
BACHORSKI, S. J. (1983). Dynamic Cues in Binaural Perception, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., December, 1983.
STERN, R. M., Jr. (1976). Lateralization, Discrimination, and Detection of Binaural Pure Tones, Ph.D. Thesis, Electrical Engineering Department, MIT, December, 1976.

Experimental papers, talks, and theses

STERN, R. M., TRAHIOTIS, C., and RIPEPI, A. M. (2006). “Fluctuations in Amplitude and Frequency Enable Interaural Delays to Foster the Identification of Speech-like Stimuli,” Chapter in Dynamics of Speech Production and Perception, P. Divenyi, Ed., IOS Press.
BEECHER, L., and STERN, R. M. (1986). “Perception of Modulations in Pitch and Lateralization,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 79: S22 (A).
STERN, R.M., ELSNER, A.E., and SCHIANO, J.L. (1984). “Interaural Time Discrimination in Tonal Maskers,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 76: S91(A).
STERN, R. M., Jr., SLOCUM, J. E., and PHILLIPS, M. S. (1983). “Interaural Time and Amplitude Discrimination in Noise”, J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 73:1714-1722.
YOST, W. A., GRANTHAM, D. W., LUFTI, R. A., and STERN, R. M., Jr. (1982). “The Phase Angle of Addition in Temporal Masking for Diotic and Dichotic Listening Conditions,” Hearing Res. 7: 247-259.
STERN, R. M., Jr. and RUBINOV, E. M. (1980). “Subjective Laterality of Noise-Masked Binaural Targets,” in Psychological, Physiological, and Behavioural Studies of Hearing, G. v.d. Brink and F. A. Bilsen, Eds., Delft University Press, Delft.
RUOTOLO, B. R., STERN, R. M., Jr., and COLBURN, H. S. (1979). “Discrimination of Symmetric, Time- Intensity Traded Binaural Stimuli,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 66: 1733-1737.
DUMOND, G. J. and STERN, R. M., Jr. (1979). “A Forced-Choice Paradigm for Pulsation-Threshold Measurements,” J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 65, S58(A).

RIPEPI, A. (1999). Lateralization and Identification of Simultaneously-Presented Whispered Vowels and Speech Sounds, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., May, 1999.
LISS, A. (1990). Lateralization of Complex Binaural Sounds, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.,July, 1990.
BEECHER, L. E. (1986). Perception of Modulations in Pitch, Pitch Strength, and Subjective Lateral Position, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., December, 1986.
FERGUSON, A. H. (1982). Effects of Frequency Modulation on Complex Pitch Perception, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.,December, 1982.
KAISER, D. L. (1982). Interaural Time Discrimination in Tonal Maskers, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., June, 1982.
SLOCUM, J. E. (1980). Discrimination of Interaural Time and Intensity in Noise, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., November, 1980.
RUBINOV, E. M. (1979). Auditory Lateralization in Noise, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., September, 1979.
DuMOND, G. A. (1979). A Forced-Choice Paradigm for Pulsation-Threshold Measurement of Monaural and Binaural Phenomena, M.S. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., August, 1979.

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