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Conference Paper

Measures of Spatial Impression and Reverberance Based on the Physiology of Human Hearing

Authors: Griesinger, David

AES Conference: 11th International Conference: Test & Measurement · Paper 11-016 · May 1992

Abstract

This paper finds that the perception of Room Impre;ssion RI (or Spatial Impression SI) correlates closely with easily measured chaotic fluctuations in the relative pressure amplitude or the relative phase relationships at the two ears. These fluctuations arise from interference between direct and reflected sounds, and depend in a complex way on the nature of the sound source and the room acoustics. The dependence on level and angle of these fluctuations is described, and a physical measure of room acoustics based on these fluctuations-binaural profiles-is proposed.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 11th International Conference: Test & Measurement
Paper number
11-016
Publication date
May 6, 1992
Session subject
Test & Measurement
Affiliation
Lexicon, Inc., Waltham, MA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper