Investigating Auditory Room Size Perception with Autophonic Stimuli

Yadav M, Cabrera DA, Miranda L, Martens WL, Lee D, Collins R. Investigating Auditory Room Size Perception with Autophonic Stimuli. In: AES Convention 135. Audio Engineering Society; 2013. Paper 8934. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16984

@inproceedings{Yadav2013_16984,
  author = {Yadav, Manuj and Cabrera, Densil A. and Miranda, Luis and Martens, William L. and Lee, Doheon and Collins, Ralph},
  title = {{Investigating Auditory Room Size Perception with Autophonic Stimuli}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 135},
  note = {Paper 8934},
  year = {2013},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16984}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Investigating Auditory Room Size Perception with Autophonic Stimuli
AU  - Yadav, Manuj
AU  - Cabrera, Densil A.
AU  - Miranda, Luis
AU  - Martens, William L.
AU  - Lee, Doheon
AU  - Collins, Ralph
T2  - AES Convention 135
M1  - Paper 8934
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/10/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
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AB  - Although looking at a room gives a visual indicator of its “size,” auditory stimuli alone can also provide an appreciation of room size. This paper investigates such aurally perceived room size by allowing listeners to hear the sound of their own voice in real-time through two modes: natural conduction and auralization. The auralization process involved convolution of the talking-listener’s voice with an oral-binaural room impulse response (OBRIR; some from actual rooms, and others manipulated), which was output through head-worn ear-loudspeakers, and thus augmented natural conduction with simulated room reflections. This method allowed talking-listeners to rate room size without additional information about the rooms. The subjective ratings were analyzed against relevant physical acoustic measures derived from OBRIRs. The results indicate an overall strong effect of reverberation time on the room size judgments, expressed as a power function, although energy measures were also important in some cases.
ER  -