ABSTRACT

In this chapter, we explore several aspects of binaural hearing, that is, hearing with both ears instead of just one. We shall see that binaural hearing offers a number of advantages over monaural hearing, which have obvious implications for daily living. In particular, we will examine how we use hearing to determine the locations of sounds in space, which relies upon time and level differences between the ears and spectral variations caused by the pinna, head, and torso, all of which are affected by the direction of the sound source.