SPACE lab

SPACE lab Posters/Talks (selected)

Diedesch, A. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2016). Effects of hearing aid venting and reverberation on narrowband localization in free field: A study of young normal hearing listeners fit with low-gain, linear amplification. International Hearing Aid Research Conference: IHCON 2016. Tahoe City CA, 10-14 August 2016. Download PDF

Higgins, N. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2016). Multi-Voxel Pattern Representation of Binaural Cues in Human Auditory Cortex. Organization for Human Brain Mapping. Geneva, Switzerland, 26-30 June 2016. Download PDF

Da Costa, S., Higgins, N. C., and Stecker, G. C. (2016). Phase-encoding analysis for ILD preferences in the human auditory cortex. Organization for Human Brain Mapping. Geneva, Switzerland, 26-30 June 2016. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C., (2016, talk). Exploiting envelope fluctuations to enhance binaural perception. Audio Engineering Society 140th International Convention. Paris France, 4-7 June 2016. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C., Stecker, J. M. S., Diedesch, A. C., Higgins, N. C., and Da Costa, S. (2016). Temporal integration of dynamic binaural events. 171st Acoustical Society of America. Salt Lake City UT, 23-27 May 2016. Download PDF

Diedesch, A. C. and Stecker, G. C (2016). Binaural-cue weighting in free-field localization of narrowband noises presented with open-fit hearing aids and in simulated reverberation. 171st Acoustical Society of America. Salt Lake City UT, 23-27 May 2016. Download PDF

Diedesch, A. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2016). Reverberation and open-fit hearing-aid effects on sound-localization cues. American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting. Scottsdale AZ, 3-5 Mar 2016. Download PDF

Diedesch, A. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2016). Assessing Changes to Interaural Cues as a Consequence of Open-fit Hearing Aids and Simulated Rooms. Association for Research in Otolaryngology 39th Annual Meeting. San Diego CA, 20-24 Feb 2016. Download PDF

Higgins, N. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2016). Multi-voxel pattern representation of interaural time and level difference cues in human auditory cortex. Association for Research in Otolaryngology 39th Annual Meeting. San Diego CA, 20-24 Feb 2016. Download PDF

Da Costa, S., Higgins, N. C., and Stecker, G. C. (2016). Phase-encoding maps for ILD preferences in the human auditory cortex. Association for Research in Otolaryngology 39th Annual Meeting. San Diego CA, 20-24 Feb 2016.

Higgins, N. C., McLaughlin, S. A., and Stecker, G. C. (2015). Temporal weighting of binaural cues in human auditory cortex: an fMRI study. Society for Neuroscience. Chicago IL, 17-21 Oct 2015. Download PDF

Higgins, N. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2015). The effect of “awake and behaving” on cortical processing of binaural spatial cues. Association for Research in Otolaryngology 38th Annual Meeting. Baltimore MD, 21-25 Feb 2015. Download PDF

Diedesch, A. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2015). Are envelope fluctuations necessary for binaural cue extraction? Association for Research in Otolaryngology 38th Annual Meeting. Baltimore MD, 21-25 Feb 2015. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C., Higgins, N. C., McLaughin, S. A., Talja, S., and Rinne, T. (2015). Stimulus- and task-dependent spatial processing in the human auditory cortex. Association for Research in Otolaryngology 38th Annual Meeting. Baltimore MD, 21-25 Feb 2015. Download PDF

Higgins, N. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2014). Task-related attention affects the cortical processing of auditory spatial cues. Society for Neuroscience 44th Annual Meeting. Washington DC, 15-19 Nov 2014. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C. and Diedesch, A. C. (2014, talk). The role of onsets and envelope fluctuations in binaural cue use. 168th Acoustical Society of America. Indianapolis, IN, 27-31 Oct 2014.

Stecker, G. C., Higgins, N. C., and Rinne, T. (2014). Task effects on binaural-cue representation in human auditory cortex. 5th International conference on auditory cortex. Magdeburg, Germany, Sept 2014. Download PDF

Jiang, F., Stecker, G. C., and Fine, I. (2014). Long-term reorganization of auditory motion direction encoding as a result of early blindness. J. Vis. 14(10):1107.

Stecker, G. C. (2014). Spatial hearing and the brain: Assembling binaural information to understand auditory space. 2014 Gordon Research Conference on the Auditory System. Lewiston ME, July 13-18, 2014.

Higgins, N. C., Rinne, T., and Stecker, G. C. (2014). The influence of feature-based task effects on binaural cue representation in human auditory cortex. Organization for Human Brain Mapping. Hamburg, Germany, June 8-12, 2014. Download PDF

Diedesch, A. C. and Stecker, G. C. (2014). Temporal weighting of interaural time differences in low frequency noise presented at low signal-to-noise ratio. 167thAcoustical Society of America. Providence, RI, 5-9 May 2014. Download PDF

Bibee, J. M. and Stecker, G. C. (2014). Binaural interference with dynamic interaural cues. 167th Acoustical Society of America. Providence, RI, 5-9 May 2014. Download PDF

Bibee, J. M. and Stecker, G. C. (2014). Temporal aspects of binaural interference. American Auditory Society. Scottsdale, AZ, 6-8 March 2014. Download PDF

Diedesch, A. C., and Stecker, G. C. (2014). Nonuniform temporal weighting of interaural time difference in low-frequency pure tones presented at low signal-to-noise-ratio. 37th Association for Research in Otolaryngology, San Diego CA Feb 22-26, 2014. Download PDF

Higgins, N. C., and Stecker, G. C. (2014). The effect of task on auditory localization cues in human auditory cortex. 37th Association for Research in Otolaryngology, San Diego CA Feb 22-26, 2014. Download PDF

McLaughlin, S. A., Higgins, N. C., and Stecker, G. C. (2013). BOLD signal tuning to interaural level and time differences in human auditory cortex. 19th Annual Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Seattle WA June 16-20, 2013. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C. (2013). Effects of the stimulus spectrum on temporal of binaural differences. 21st International Congress on Acoustics Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2-7, 2013. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C., McLaughlin, S. A., and Higgins, N. C. (2013). Binaural sensitivity in human auditory cortex: analyzing the time course and spatial pattern of activity in fMRI. Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 36th Midwinter Meeting. Baltimore MD, Feb 16-20, 2013. Download PDF

Diedesch, A. C., Bibee, J. M. and Stecker, G. C. (2012). Temporal weighting for interaural time differences in low-frequency pure tones. 164th Acoustical Society of America. Kansas City, MO, Oct 22-16, 2012. Download PDF

McLaughlin, S. A. and Stecker, G. C. (2012). Tuning to interaural time difference in human auditory cortex. Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, Oct 13-17, 2012. Download PDF

Higgins, N. C., Storace, D. A., McLaughlin, S. A., Stecker, G. C., Escabi, M. A., and Read, H. L. (2012). Interaural level difference tuning in auditory cortex of the human and the rat. Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, Oct 13-17, 2012. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C. and McLaughlin, S. A. (2012). Binaural tuning in human auditory cortex. 4th Conference on Auditory Cortex. Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug 31-Sept 3, 2012. Download PDF

Brown, A. D. and Stecker, G. C. (2012). The precedence effect in sound localization: Distinct roles for interaural time and level differences suggested by behavioral, modeling, and acoustic data. Association for Reasearch in Otolaryngology (ARO) 35th Midwinter Meeting. San Diego CA, Feb 25-29, 2012. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C. and McLaughlin, S. A. (2011). Functional magnetic resonance imaging of binaural cues in human auditory cortex: Non-monotonic response to interaural level difference. Society for Neuroscience 41st Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, Nov 12-16, 2011.Download PDF

McLaughlin, S. A. and Stecker, G. C. (2011). Factors accounting for variation in the degree of contralateral bias in human auditory cortical processing of binaural cues: An fMRI study. Society for Neuroscience 41st Annual Meeting. Washington DC, Nov 12-16, 2011. Download PDF

Brown, A. D. and Stecker, G. C. (2011). The precedence effect: Space versus cue specificity. 161st Acoustical Society of America. Seattle WA, May 23-27, 2011. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C. and McLaughlin, S. A. (2011). Monaural and binaural contributions to spatial-cue tuning in human auditory cortex. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 18th Annual Meeting. San Francisco CA, April 2-5, 2011. Download PDF

Brown, A. D. and Stecker, G. C. (2011). Buildup, breakdown, and re-buildup of the precedence effect: ITD versus ILD. Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 34th Midwinter Meeting Baltimore, MD, Feb 19-23, 2011. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C., Ostreicher, J. D., Brown, A. D., and Stecker, J. M. S. (2011). Temporal weighting functions for lateralization by interaural time and level differences. Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 34th Midwinter Meeting Baltimore, MD, Feb 19-23, 2011. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C. and McLaughlin, S. A. (2010). A comparison of binaural interaction patterns and binaural cue tuning in human auditory cortex. Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting. San Diego CA, Nov 13-17, 2010. Download PDF

Woods, D. L., Herron, T. ., Cate, A. D., Yund, E. W., Stecker, G. C., Rinne, T., and Kang, X. J. (2010, to appear). Functional properties of human auditory cortical fields. Organization for Human Brain Mapping 16th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 6-10 June 2010.

Stecker, GC (2010). More modeling of temporal weighting functions for interaural time and level differences. 33rd Assoc Res Otorlaryngol, Anaheim CA, 6-10 Feb, 2010. Download PDF.

Stecker, GC and Brown, AD (2010). Does temporal weighting of interaural level differences include both onset and offset-specific effects? 33rd Assoc Res Otorlaryngol, Anaheim CA, 6-10 Feb, 2010. Download PDF.

Brown, AD, Kuznetsova, MS, Spain, WJ, and Stecker, GC (2010). Does multi- second monaural adaptation reduce sensitivity to interaural time difference in human listeners? 33rd Assoc Res Otorlaryngol, Anaheim CA, 6-10 Feb, 2010. Download PDF

Stecker, GC and McLaughlin SA (2009). Multi-voxel pattern analysis of sensitivity to binaural level configuration in human auditory cortex. 3rd International Meeting on the Auditory Cortex, Magdeburg Germany, 28 August – 2 September 2009. Download PDF

Stecker, GC and McLaughlin, SA (2009). Sensitivity to interaural level differences in high-rate high-frequency click trains: an fMRI assessment. Acoustical Society of America, Portland OR. May 17-21, 2009. Download PPT

Stecker, GC and Brown, AD (2009). Modeling temporal weighting of interaural time and level differences in high-rate click trains. Acoustical Society of America, Portland OR. May 17-21, 2009. Download PDF

Brown, AD and Stecker, GC (2009). Does random temporal jitter reduce onset dominance in temporal weighting functions for high-rate click trains? Acoustical Society of America, Portland OR. May 17-21, 2009. Download PDF

McLaughlin, SA and Stecker, GC (2009). Mapping human auditory cortex according to BOLD fMRI response to click-train stimuli varying in presentation rate and binaural-level configuration. 16th Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco CA. March 2009. Download PDF

Brown, AD and Stecker, GC (2009). Temporal weighting of interaural time and level differences in high-rate click trains. 32nd ARO, Baltimore MD. Feb 2009. Download PDF

Stecker, GC and McLaughlin, SA (2009). Functional magnetic resonance imaging of cortical sensitivity to the binaural-level characteristics of high-frequency Gabor click trains. 32nd ARO, Baltimore MD. Feb 2009. Download PDF

Stecker, GC and Brown, AD (2008). Temporal weighting of interaural level differences in high-rate click trains. Acoustics'08 Paris: 2nd ASA-EAA Joint Conference. Paris, France, June 29-July 4, 2008. Download PDF

Stecker, G. C. (2008). Trading of interaural time and level differences in modulated high-frequency stimuli. 31st ARO, Phoenix AZ. Feb 2008. Download PDF

Stecker, GC (2007). Lateralization of dynamic interaural time and level differences in high-frequency click trains. 30th ARO, Denver CO. Feb 2007. Download PDF

Stecker, GC (2006). Rate limitation and onset dominance in the discrimination of high-frequency click trains with dynamic envelope ITDs. 4th Joint ASA / ASJ, Honolulu HI. Nov-Dec 2006.

Stecker, GC, Harrington, I. A., Macpherson, E. A., and Middlebrooks, J. C. (2006). Local processing modifies spike timing in non-primary cat auditory cortex. International Conference on Auditory Cortex, Grantham UK. Sept 2006. Download PDF

Stecker, GC, Rinne, T, Herron, TJ, Liao, IH, Kang, XJ, Yund, EW, and Woods, DL (2006). Assessing binaural interaction in functional magnetic resonance imaging of human inferior colliculus and auditory cortex. 29th ARO, Baltimore MD. Feb 2006. Download PDF

Stecker, GC (2005). Transposed tones vs Gaussian Impulses: reviewing evidence for binaural sensitivity and rate limitation at high frequencies. Binaural Bash 2005. Boston MA. Download PPT

Stecker, GC, Liao, IH, Rinne, T, Herron, TJ, Kang, XJ, Yund, EW, and Woods, DL (2005). Functional specialization of human auditory cortical fields. SFN 2005, Washington DC Download PPT

Rinne, T, Stecker, GC, Liao, IH, Kang XJ, Herron, TJ, Yund, EW, and Woods, DL (2005). Factors affecting the detection of sound-related subcortical activation by fMRI. 11th HBM, Toronto. June 2005.

Stecker, GC, Rinne, T, Liao, IH, Kang, XJ, Yund, EW, Herron, TJ, and Woods, DL (2005). Effects of continuous broadband noise on tone-evoked activations in Human auditory cortex. 28th ARO, New Orleans LA. Download PDF

Harrington, IA, Stecker, GC, Macpherson, EA, and Middlebrooks, JC (2005). Spatial sensitivity of neurons in the anterior field (AAF) of cat auditory cortex. 28th ARO, New Orleans LA. Feb 2005.

Stecker, GC (2004). Spatial coding by neurons in primary and non-primary areas of cat auditory cortex. Mini-symposium on coding of auditory space in the brain. SFN 2004, San Diego CA. Nov 2004.

Harrington, IA, Stecker, GC, Macpherson, EA, and Middlebrooks, JC (2004). Sensitivity of neurons in cat auditory cortex to local stimulus history. SFN 2004, San Diego CA. Nov 2004.

Stecker, G. C.and Hafter, E. R. (2002). Localization judgments are sensitive to late-arriving sound. 143rd ASA, Pittsburgh PA. June 2002. Download PDF