The ability to follow an individual conversation due to the "cocktail party effect" involves ______ of the competing conversations, presumably due to the action of the ______.

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The "cocktail party effect" involves the suppression of competing conversations, which is facilitated by the action of the outer hair cells in the ear. These cells help in selectively amplifying the sounds we want to focus on (like a conversation) while suppressing background noise, allowing us to follow a single conversation in a noisy environment.

The Ability to Follow an Individual Conversation Due to the "Cocktail