Localizing the sources of two independent noises: Role of time varying amplitude differences

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2301-2313

  Yost, William A ^a   Brown, Christopher A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE DIFFERENCE; INDEPENDENT NOISE; LOCALIZATION PERFORMANCE; PRIOR INFORMATION; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SINUSOIDAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SOUND SOURCE; SOUND SOURCE LOCATION;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84876155280     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4792155     Document Type: Article

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