Audibility of time differences in adjacent head-related transfer functions (HRTFs)

Pablo F.F. Hoffmann, Henrik Møller

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Abstract

Changes in the temporal and spectral characteristics of the sound reaching the two ears are known to be of great importance for the perception of spatial sound. The smallest change that can be reliably perceived provides a measure of how accurate directional hearing is. The present study investigates audibility of changes in the temporal characteristics of HRTFs. A listening test is conducted to measure the smallest change in the interaural time difference (ITD) that produces an audible difference of any nature. Results show a large inter-individual variation with a range of audibility thresholds from about 20 µs to more than 200 µs.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAudio Engineering Society Convention Papers
Number of pages9
PublisherAudio Engineering Society
Publication date2006
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event121st AES Convention - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 6 Oct 20068 Oct 2006
Conference number: 121

Conference

Conference121st AES Convention
Number121
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period06/10/200608/10/2006

Bibliographical note

Preprint no. 6914. Abstract in Journal of Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 54, No. 12, 2006, p. 1262.

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