Investigations into the build-up and breakdown of the precedence effect

The build-up and breakdown phases of the precedence effect were investigate d with speech and continuous broadband-noise and in virtual environments wi th multiple reflections. It was confirmed that a build-up phase is indeed o bservable under these conditions. During this study some observations were made which were interpreted as evidence against the existence of a "breakdo wn" as commonly assumed, e.g., when interpreting the so-called Clifton effe ct. This evidence was then confirmed by the results of an additional experi ment. Consequently, a working hypothesis has been set up as to which the pr ecedence effect builds up in a direction-specific or even scenario-specific way.