Subjective Selection of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) Based on Spectral Coloration and Interaural Time Differences (ITD) Cues

McMullen K, Roginska A, Wakefield GH. Subjective Selection of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) Based on Spectral Coloration and Interaural Time Differences (ITD) Cues. In: AES Convention 133. Audio Engineering Society; 2012. Paper 8770. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16512

@inproceedings{McMullen2012_16512,
  author = {McMullen, Kyla and Roginska, Agnieszka and Wakefield, Gregory H.},
  title = {{Subjective Selection of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) Based on Spectral Coloration and Interaural Time Differences (ITD) Cues}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 133},
  note = {Paper 8770},
  year = {2012},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16512}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Subjective Selection of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) Based on Spectral Coloration and Interaural Time Differences (ITD) Cues
AU  - McMullen, Kyla
AU  - Roginska, Agnieszka
AU  - Wakefield, Gregory H.
T2  - AES Convention 133
M1  - Paper 8770
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16512
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The present study describes an HRTF subjective individualization procedure in which a listener selects from a database those HRTFs that pass several perceptual criteria. Earlier work has demonstrated that listeners are as likely to select a database HRTF as their own when judging externalization, elevation, and front/back discriminability. The procedure employed in this original study requires individually measured ITDs. The present study modifies the original procedure so that individually measured ITDs are unnecessary. Specifically, a standardized ITD is used, in place of the listener's ITD, to identify those database minimum-phase HRTFs with desirable perceptual properties. The selection procedure is then repeated for one of the preferred minimum-phase HRTFs and searches over a database of ITDs. Consistent with the original study, listeners prefer a small subset of HRTFs; in contrast, while individual listeners show clear preferences for some ITDs over others, no small subset of ITDs appears to satisfy all listeners.
ER  -