Spatial release from speech-on-speech masking in the median sagittal plane

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 378-385

  Martin, Russell L ^a   McAnally, Ken I ^a   Bolia, Robert S ^b   Eberle, Geoff ^a   Brungart, Douglas S ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Office of Naval Research Global   (Japan)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAD-RELATED IMPULSE RESPONSE; INFORMATIONAL MASKING; SAGITTAL PLANE; SPEECH-ON-SPEECH MASKING; VIRTUAL AUDITORY SPACE;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

SEPARATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863415007     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3669994     Document Type: Article

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