@inproceedings {Haeussler1672_2016, year = {2016}, author = {Haeussler, Andreas and Georganti, Eleftheria and van de Par, Steven}, title = {Limits of binaural decoloration investigated over ERB-based spectral manipulation}, booktitle = {Proc. German Annual Conf. Acoust. (DAGA)}, URL = {http://www.daga2016.de/fileadmin/uploads/2016.daga-tagung.de/Programm/DAGA16_Programm_online.pdf}, abstract = {When sound is reproduced inside a room, both ears receive different spectral content. It can be assumed that the brain uses this different spectral information arriving at each ear to balance spectral deviations over the frequencies associated with coloration. This effect is known as binaural decoloration. To investigate this effect more closely, simplified spectral shapes can be used to get insight into the underling process. In this contribution spectral shapes are designed to fluctuate with a constant rate on the ERB rate scale. To get a dichotic presentation, both ears receive the contrary spectral shape. While the energy increases in one ear, it decreases at the other ear and vice versa in a frequencydependentmanner. A listening test is conducted in order to measure the threshold for these spectral modifications to result in an unnatural sound. It is discussed whether the effect of binaural decoloration depends on the rate of this spectral manipulation.} }