Human sound localization, including effects of hearing loss and hearing devices
Spatial auditory attention and the “cocktail party” problem
Development of realistic tests of listening ability and hearing-device benefit
Signal-processing algorithms for enhancing speech perception in real-world listening situations
Recent Publications
Best V and Conroy C (2024). Relating monaural and binaural measures of modulation sensitivity in listeners with and without hearing loss. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 156:1543-1551.
Roverud E and Best V (2024). Effect of hearing aids on the externalization of everyday sounds. JASA Express Letters 4:094401.
Best V, Ahlstrom JB, Mason CR, Perrachione TK, Kidd G, Dubno JR (2024). Talker change detection by listeners varying in age and hearing loss. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 155(4):2482-2491.
Best V and Roverud E (2024). Externalization of speech when listening with hearing aids. Trends in Hearing 28:23312165241229572.
Miles KM, Best V and Buchholz JM (2024). Feasibility of an adaptive version of the Everyday COnversational Sentences in Noise (ECO-SiN) test. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 67(2):680-687.
Andrejková G, Best V and Kopčo N (2023). Timescales of adaptation to context in horizontal sound localization. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154(4):2191-2202.
Best V, Boyd AD and Sen K (2023). An effect of gaze direction in cocktail party listening. Trends in Hearing 27:23312165231152356.
Honors and Awards
Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (2019)
Burt Evans Young Investigator Award, National Organization for Hearing Research (2012)
