The potential binaural consequences of two envelope-based speech enhancement strategies (broadband compression and expansion) were examined. Sensitivity to interaural time differences imposed on four single-word stimuli was measured in listeners with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss. While there were no consistent effects of compression or expansion across all words, some potentially interesting word-specific effects were observed.
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