A comparative study of sound localization acuity of congenital blind and sighted people

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 290-293

  Ohuchi, Makoto ^a,b   Iwaya, Yukio ^a   Suzuki, Yôiti ^a   Munekata, Tetsuya ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory scanning; Distance perception; Sound localization; Visual impairments

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SCANNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; LOUDSPEAKERS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 33748307455     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.27.290     Document Type: Article

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