Sound localization in noise and sensitivity to spectral shape

Hearing Research

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-27

  Andéol, Guillaume ^a   Macpherson, Ewan A ^b   Sabin, Andrew T ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPECTRAL MODULATION THRESHOLD; SPECTRAL SHAPE;

DIRECTIONAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; DTF; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; HRTF; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SLT; SMF; SMT; SNR; SOUND LOCALIZATION THRESHOLD; SPECTRAL MODULATION FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL MODULATION THRESHOLD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879821721     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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