Macquarie University researchers have debunked a 75-year-old theory about how humans determine where sounds are coming from, and it could unlock the secret to creating a next generation of more ...

Macquarie University hearing researchers have discovered how our brains learn to listen, and how this can help us understand speech in noisy, echo-filled spaces. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Hearing researchers at Macquarie University have shown that listeners rapidly learn and adapt to the characteristics of acoustic spaces to improve their understanding of speech and have found evidence ...

Senior author of the study, Distinguished Professor David McAlpine, says participants' understanding of speech improved at over time, even in difficult spaces. "What was surprising was that they ...