V. Best

Most-cited papers

Musical training, individual differences and the cocktail party problem
J. Swaminathan, C. Mason, Timothy Streeter, V. Best +2 more
2015Scientific Reports146 citations Open access
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Determining the energetic and informational components of speech-on-speech masking
Gerald D. Kidd, C. Mason, J. Swaminathan, Elin Roverud +2 more
2016Journal of the Acoustical Society of America116 citations Open access
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Sound Externalization: A Review of Recent Research
V. Best, Robert Baumgartner, M. Lavandier, P. Majdak +1 more
2020Trends in Hearing93 citations Open access
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Sensorineural hearing loss degrades behavioral and physiological measures of human spatial selective auditory attention
Lengshi Dai, V. Best, B. Shinn-Cunningham
2018Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America79 citations Open access
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The effect of better-ear glimpsing on spatial release from masking.
H. Glyde, Jörg M. Buchholz, H. Dillon, V. Best +2 more
2013Journal of the Acoustical Society of America66 citations
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The influence of non-spatial factors on measures of spatial release from masking.
V. Best, N. Marrone, C. Mason, G. Kidd
2012Journal of the Acoustical Society of America64 citations Open access
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Auditory Object Formation and Selection
B. Shinn-Cunningham, V. Best, Adrian K. C. Lee
201757 citations
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Energetic and Informational Components of Speech-on-Speech Masking in Binaural Speech Intelligibility and Perceived Listening Effort
Jan Rennies, V. Best, Elin Roverud, G. Kidd
2019Trends in Hearing51 citations Open access
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An examination of speech reception thresholds measured in a simulated reverberant cafeteria environment
V. Best, G. Keidser, Joerg M Buchholz, Katrina Freeston
2015International Journal of Audiology48 citations Open access
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Role of Binaural Temporal Fine Structure and Envelope Cues in Cocktail-Party Listening
J. Swaminathan, C. Mason, Timothy Streeter, V. Best +2 more
2016Journal of Neuroscience46 citations Open access
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Listening through hearing aids affects spatial perception and speech intelligibility in normal-hearing listeners
Jens Cubick, Jörg M. Buchholz, V. Best, M. Lavandier +1 more
2018Journal of the Acoustical Society of America44 citations Open access
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Asymmetries in behavioral and neural responses to spectral cues demonstrate the generality of auditory looming bias
R. Baumgartner, Darrin K. Reed, Brigitta Tóth, V. Best +3 more
2017Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America44 citations Open access
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Determining the energetic and informational components of speech-on-speech masking in listeners with sensorineural hearing loss.
G. Kidd, C. Mason, V. Best, Elin Roverud +4 more
2019Journal of the Acoustical Society of America42 citations Open access
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Use of a glimpsing model to understand the performance of listeners with and without hearing loss in spatialized speech mixtures.
V. Best, C. Mason, J. Swaminathan, Elin Roverud +1 more
2017Journal of the Acoustical Society of America42 citations Open access
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An evaluation of the performance of two binaural beamformers in complex and dynamic multitalker environments
V. Best, Jorge Mejia, Katrina Freeston, R. V. van Hoesel +1 more
2015International Journal of Audiology41 citations Open access
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An Energetic Limit on Spatial Release from Masking
V. Best, Eric R. Thompson, C. Mason, G. Kidd
2013Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology36 citations Open access
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Development of the Everyday Conversational Sentences in Noise test.
Kelly Miles, G. Keidser, Katrina Freeston, Timothy Beechey +2 more
2020Journal of the Acoustical Society of America31 citations Open access
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The Benefit of a Visually Guided Beamformer in a Dynamic Speech Task
V. Best, Elin Roverud, Timothy Streeter, C. Mason +1 more
2017Trends in Hearing30 citations Open access
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Development and preliminary evaluation of a new test of ongoing speech comprehension
V. Best, G. Keidser, Jörg M. Buchholz, Katrina Freeston
2016International Journal of Audiology30 citations Open access
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Benefits of Acoustic Beamforming for Solving the Cocktail Party Problem
G. Kidd, C. Mason, V. Best, J. Swaminathan
2015Trends in Hearing30 citations Open access
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Measuring Speech Intelligibility and Hearing-Aid Benefit Using Everyday Conversational Sentences in Real-World Environments
Kelly Miles, Timothy Beechey, V. Best, Jörg M. Buchholz
2022Frontiers in Neuroscience28 citations Open access
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A Dynamic Speech Comprehension Test for Assessing Real-World Listening Ability.
V. Best, G. Keidser, Katrina Freeston, Jörg M. Buchholz
2016Journal of american academy of audiology27 citations
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Talker identification: Effects of masking, hearing loss, and age.
V. Best, J. Ahlstrom, C. Mason, Elin Roverud +3 more
2016Journal of the Acoustical Society of America27 citations Open access
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Better-ear glimpsing in hearing-impaired listeners.
V. Best, C. Mason, G. Kidd, N. Iyer +1 more
2015Journal of the Acoustical Society of America27 citations Open access
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Effect of audibility on spatial release from speech-on-speech masking.
H. Glyde, Jörg M. Buchholz, Lilli Nielsen, V. Best +3 more
2015Journal of the Acoustical Society of America26 citations Open access
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The role of syntax in maintaining the integrity of streams of speech.
G. Kidd, C. Mason, V. Best
2013Journal of the Acoustical Society of America24 citations Open access
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A Method for Assessing Auditory Spatial Analysis in Reverberant Multitalker Environments.
T. Weller, V. Best, Jörg M. Buchholz, Taegan Young
2016Journal of american academy of audiology22 citations
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Cognitive spare capacity: evaluation data and its association with comprehension of dynamic conversations
G. Keidser, V. Best, Katrina Freeston, A. Boyce
2015Frontiers in Psychology22 citations Open access
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Evaluation of the NAL Dynamic Conversations Test in older listeners with hearing loss
V. Best, G. Keidser, Katrina Freeston, Jörg M. Buchholz
2017International Journal of Audiology20 citations Open access
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Age-Related Changes in Segregation of Sound Sources
F. Gallun, V. Best
202018 citations
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The importance of a broad bandwidth for understanding "glimpsed" speech.
V. Best, Elin Roverud, Lucas S. Baltzell, Jan Rennies +1 more
2019Journal of the Acoustical Society of America18 citations Open access
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Examination of a hybrid beamformer that preserves auditory spatial cues.
V. Best, Elin Roverud, C. Mason, G. Kidd
2017Journal of the Acoustical Society of America18 citations Open access
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A Flexible Question-and-Answer Task for Measuring Speech Understanding
V. Best, Timothy Streeter, Elin Roverud, C. Mason +1 more
2016Trends in Hearing18 citations Open access
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Revisiting the detection of interaural time differences in listeners with hearing loss.
V. Best, J. Swaminathan
2019Journal of the Acoustical Society of America17 citations Open access
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Streaming and sound localization with a preceding distractor.
N. Kopčo, G. Andrejková, V. Best, B. Shinn-Cunningham
2015Journal of the Acoustical Society of America16 citations Open access
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Binaural sensitivity and release from speech-on-speech masking in listeners with and without hearing loss.
Lucas S. Baltzell, J. Swaminathan, Adrian Y. Cho, M. Lavandier +1 more
2020Journal of the Acoustical Society of America14 citations Open access
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Modeling Binaural Speech Understanding in Complex Situations
M. Lavandier, V. Best
202014 citations
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Acoustic analysis of the directional information captured by five different hearing aid styles.
Virginie Durin, S. Carlile, P. Guillon, V. Best +1 more
2014Journal of the Acoustical Society of America14 citations
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Speech detection and localization in a reverberant multitalker environment by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners.
Jörg M. Buchholz, V. Best
2020Journal of the Acoustical Society of America13 citations Open access
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An Effect of Gaze Direction in Cocktail Party Listening
V. Best, Alexander D. Boyd, Kamal Sen
2023Trends in Hearing12 citations Open access
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A harmonic-cancellation-based model to predict speech intelligibility against a harmonic masker.
Luna Prud'homme, M. Lavandier, V. Best
2019Journal of the Acoustical Society of America12 citations Open access
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Spatial release from masking as a function of the spectral overlap of competing talkers.
V. Best, Eric R. Thompson, C. Mason, G. Kidd
2013Journal of the Acoustical Society of America12 citations Open access
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A “Buildup” of Speech Intelligibility in Listeners With Normal Hearing and Hearing Loss
V. Best, J. Swaminathan, N. Kopčo, Elin Roverud +1 more
2018Trends in Hearing11 citations Open access
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Evaluating the Performance of a Visually Guided Hearing Aid Using a Dynamic Auditory-visual Word Congruence Task
Elin Roverud, V. Best, C. Mason, Timothy Streeter +1 more
2017Ear and Hearing11 citations Open access
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Individual differences in speech intelligibility at a cocktail party: A modeling perspective.
M. Lavandier, C. Mason, Lucas S. Baltzell, V. Best
2021Journal of the Acoustical Society of America10 citations Open access
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Spectro-temporal weighting of interaural time differences in speech.
Lucas S. Baltzell, Adrian Y. Cho, J. Swaminathan, V. Best
2020Journal of the Acoustical Society of America10 citations Open access
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Investigating the role of harmonic cancellation in speech-on-speech masking
Luna Prud'homme, M. Lavandier, V. Best
2022Hearing Research9 citations Open access
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Benefits of Beamforming With Local Spatial-Cue Preservation for Speech Localization and Segregation
Le Wang, V. Best, B. Shinn-Cunningham
2020Trends in Hearing9 citations Open access
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A biologically oriented algorithm for spatial sound segregation
Kenny F. Chou, Alexander D. Boyd, V. Best, H. Colburn +1 more
2020bioRxiv7 citations Open access
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Informational Masking in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners Measured in a Nonspeech Pattern Identification Task
Elin Roverud, V. Best, C. Mason, J. Swaminathan +1 more
2016Trends in Hearing7 citations Open access
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