The ear’s 1-2 ms time resolution makes monaural temporal cues unusable for localization.

Evidence

Monaural cues, based on information from a single ear or common to both ears, are important in localization. Because no interaural differences are used, the information for monaural cues is derived from the ear canal signal itself, particularly from the properties of the sound source and its variation due to the effect of the head, but also due to the acoustic environment. The main monaural cues, when the direct sound from a source is dominant, are spectral cues. Since the monaural time resolution of hearing is about 1–2 ms, and as most of the details in HRIR are located within a 1-ms time window, monaural temporal cues are considered unimportant. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1450

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Interaural timing alone cannot explain our sound localization ability — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1929; Single-ear listeners can still localize sound sources but with degraded accuracy — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1456

Broader Connections

• Interaural timing alone cannot explain our sound localization ability #corroborates (0.95) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1929
• Single-ear listeners can still localize sound sources but with degraded accuracy #qualifies (0.78) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1456