Binaural fusion reflects the percept of a single auditory image when a signal is presented to both ears. Research on binaural fusion has primarily focused on two key properties of the signal: interaural coherence (i.e. the statistical similarity of the sound at the two ears, independent of interaural time differences) and interaural frequency similarity (i.e., the similarity in frequency of the sound delivered to the two ears), both of which improve binaural fusion. Like binaural fusion, auditory object formation involves grouping multiple sounds into a single percept. We hypothesize that the cues that foster auditory object formation also foster binaural fusion. Two recently published studies will be discussed along with one ongoing study. In one of the recently published studies, we reduced binaural fusion using partially interaurally decorrelated sounds and used harmonicity to foster binaural fusion. In another study, we manipulated interaural coherence and then fostered binaural fusion using shared lateralization cues. In our ongoing study, to determine if the effect of lateralization cues were limited to countering decreased interaural coherence, we manipulated interaural frequency similarity alongside shared lateralization cues. The results of these studies support the hypothesis that cues that foster auditory object formation also foster binaural fusion.