Effects of Individualized Headphone Correction on Front/Back Discrimination of Virtual Sound Sources Displayed Using Individualized Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs)

Guru A, Lee D, Martens W. Effects of Individualized Headphone Correction on Front/Back Discrimination of Virtual Sound Sources Displayed Using Individualized Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs). In: AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space. Audio Engineering Society; 2010. Paper 4-4. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15553

@inproceedings{Guru2010_15553,
  author = {Guru, Abhishek and Lee, Doheon and Martens, William},
  title = {{Effects of Individualized Headphone Correction on Front/Back Discrimination of Virtual Sound Sources Displayed Using Individualized Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs)}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space},
  note = {Paper 4-4},
  year = {2010},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15553}
}

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TI  - Effects of Individualized Headphone Correction on Front/Back Discrimination of Virtual Sound Sources Displayed Using Individualized Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs)
AU  - Guru, Abhishek
AU  - Lee, Doheon
AU  - Martens, William
T2  - AES Conference: 40th International Conference: Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space
M1  - Paper 4-4
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010/10/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Individualised Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) were used to process brief noise bursts for a 2-interval forced choice (2IFC) front/back discrimination of virtual sound source locations presented via two models of headphones, frequency responses of which could be made nearly flat for each of 21 listeners using individualised headphone correction filters. In order to remove virtual source timbre as a cue for front/back discrimination, spectral centroid of sources processed using rearward HRTFs were manipulated so as to be more or less similar to that of source processed using frontward HRTFs. As this manipulation reduced front/back discrimination to chance levels for 12 out of 21 listeners, performance of 9 listeners showing "good discrimination" was analysed separately. For these 9 listeners, the virtual sources presented using individualised headphone correction filters supported significantly better front/back discrimination rates than did virtual sources presented without correction to headphone responses.
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