Acoustic cues refer to the various sounds and auditory signals that are used in communication and perception of the environment. These cues play a crucial role in speech perception, music recognition, animal communication, and environmental sound processing. Acoustic cues can include characteristics such as pitch, intensity, duration, timbre, and spatial location of sounds. Researchers in this area study how these cues are processed, recognized, and interpreted by the auditory system, as well as how they are used in different contexts and applications. This research typically involves both experimental studies using controlled stimuli and computational modeling of acoustic signals.