Front/back mirror image reversal errors and left/right asymmetry in sound localization

Acustica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 378-386

  Abel, Sharon M ^a   Giguère, Christian ^b   Consoli, Angela ^a   Papsin, Blake C ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LOUDSPEAKERS; REVERBERATION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

FRONT/BACK MIRROR IMAGE REVERSAL ERRORS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

AUDITION;

EID: 0033121875     PISSN: 00017884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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