cocktail party effect

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cocktail party effect

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human ear
Analysis of sound by the auditory nervous system
…is one aspect of the “cocktail party effect,” whereby a listener with normal hearing can attend to different conversations in turn or concentrate on one speaker despite the surrounding babble. Whether the muscles within the ear play a part in filtering out unwanted sounds during such selective listening has not…
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…is one aspect of the “cocktail party effect,” whereby a listener with normal hearing can attend to different conversations in turn or concentrate on one speaker despite the surrounding babble. Whether the muscles within the ear play a part in filtering out unwanted sounds during such selective listening has not…
Read More