Sonification of Range Information for 3-D Space Perception

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 416-421

  Milios, Evangelos ^a   Kapralos, Bill ^b   Kopinska, Agnieszka ^b   Stergiopoulos, Sotirios ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audio systems; Distance measurement; Handicapped aids; Laser applications; Sound generation

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; NAVIGATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SONAR; VISION;

SPACE PERCEPTION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TECHNICAL AID; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY AIDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 1642579600     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2003.819645     Document Type: Article

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