The impact of signal bandwidth on auditory localization: Implications for the design of three-dimensional audio displays

Human Factors

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-295

  King, Robert B ^a   Oldfield, Simon R ^a  

^a AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AUDITION; BANDWIDTH; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); DIGITAL FILTERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES;

AUDITORY LOCALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL AUDIO DISPLAY;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; AIRCRAFT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIGITAL FILTERING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0031171711     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872097778543895     Document Type: Article

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