Upper hemisphere sound localization using head-related transfer functions in the median plane and interaural differences

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 267-275

  Morimoto, Masayuki ^a   Iida, Kazuhiro ^b   Itoh, Motokuni ^a,b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head related transfer function; Sagittal plane; Sound localization; Spectral cues

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; INTERAURAL DIFFERENCES; MEDIAN PLANE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 0242305170     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.24.267     Document Type: Article

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