Perceptual Evaluation of Numerically Simulated Head-Related Transfer Functions

Kärkkäinen A, Kärkkäinen L, Kirkeby O, Pölönen M, Seppälä E, Turku J, Vilermo M. Perceptual Evaluation of Numerically Simulated Head-Related Transfer Functions. In: AES Convention 124. Audio Engineering Society; 2008. Paper 7489. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14619

@inproceedings{Karkkainen2008_14619,
  author = {Kärkkäinen, Asta and Kärkkäinen, Leo and Kirkeby, Ole and Pölönen, Monika and Seppälä, Eira and Turku, Julia and Vilermo, Miikka},
  title = {{Perceptual Evaluation of Numerically Simulated Head-Related Transfer Functions}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 124},
  note = {Paper 7489},
  year = {2008},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14619}
}

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TI  - Perceptual Evaluation of Numerically Simulated Head-Related Transfer Functions
AU  - Kärkkäinen, Asta
AU  - Kärkkäinen, Leo
AU  - Kirkeby, Ole
AU  - Pölönen, Monika
AU  - Seppälä, Eira
AU  - Turku, Julia
AU  - Vilermo, Miikka
T2  - AES Convention 124
M1  - Paper 7489
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2008/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14619
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) produced by numerical simulations were compared to measured HRTFs through two listening tests. The purpose was to determine whether the numerically simulated HRTFs, which do not contain any of the artifacts associated with acoustic measurements, capture the detail necessary for reproducing convincing 3D sound. The results suggest that when virtual sound sources are presented to listeners binaurally over headphones, the measured and modelled HRTF sets perform equally well in terms of perception of direction. Regarding preference of binauralisation methods, the simulated HRTFs performed slightly better.
ER  -