Median plane localization using a parametric model of the head-related transfer function based on spectral cues

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 835-850

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

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head Related transfer function; Sound localization; Spectral cue; Spectral notch; Spectral peak; The median plane

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEADPHONES; PARAMETRIC DEVICES;

HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTIONS (HRTFS); MEDIAN PLANE LOCALIZATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPECTRAL CUES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 34247562772     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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