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Conference Paper

Vision Affects Sound Externalization

Authors: Udesen, Jesper; Piechowiak, Tobias; Gran, Fredrik

AES Conference: 55th International Conference: Spatial Audio · Paper P-4 · August 2014

Abstract

Sounds are said to be externalized when we hear them originate from outside the head. This paper investigates if visual stimuli alone can in uence the perceived externalization. An externalization test is performed on six normal hearing test subjects in three di erent environments where the visual stimuli is varied and the sound stimuli held constant using headphone based virtual sound. The virtual sound stimuli are based on the test subjects' own Head-Related-Transfer-Functions (HRTFs). Signi cant di erences (p < 0:001) are observed on the externalization performance when the visual impressions of the test rooms is varied. It is concluded that auditory externalization not only rely on the acoustic stimuli but also on visual impression of the room in which the sound source is located in.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 55th International Conference: Spatial Audio
Paper number
P-4
Publication date
August 6, 2014
Session subject
Posters
Affiliation
GN-Resound (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper