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ArticleJASA express letters2026

Spectral weighting of interaural time differences near the low-frequency dominant region in young and middle-aged adults.

G Christopher Stecker, Brittany T Williams, Niklas Isserstedt, Kerry A Walker, Matthew J Goupell, Mathias Dietz, Daniel J Tollin

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Article in JASA express letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

G Christopher SteckerCenter for Hearing Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1442-9839
Brittany T WilliamsCenter for Hearing Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6779-8331
Niklas IsserstedtDepartment of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-3406-962X
Kerry A WalkerDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2674-1926
Matthew J GoupellDepartment of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2662-3057
Mathias DietzDepartment of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1830-469X
Daniel J TollinDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6790-1290

Funding

Psychophysical Reweighting of Auditory Spatial CuesR01DC016643 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI STECKER, GEORGE CHRISTOPHER · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
The impact of cochlear synaptopahty on brainstem mechanisms of monaural temporal processing and binaural hearingR01DC023100 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Achim Klug, Daniel J Tollin · 2025 to 2026
$1.3M
Effects of asymmetries on binaural-hearing abilities across the lifespanR21DC021825 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI GOUPELL, MATTHEW J. · 2024 to 2025
$403k
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016643NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC023100NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC021825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spectral weighting functions (SWF) were measured for lateralization of complex tones via interaural time difference (ITD), with higher frequency resolution (1/4-octave) compared to prior studies. SWFs revealed a region of dominant ITD weight spanning 400-1000 Hz on average and dropping precipitously between 1000 and 1400 Hz. SWF peak frequencies varied across individuals and favored lower frequencies on trials which presented larger overall ITD values (±200 μs), consistent with the expected relationship between frequency and the range of unambiguous ITD.

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Hearing TestsTime FactorsAcoustic StimulationAdultFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adult

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PMID42446351
PMCPMC13374112

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