Measurement of a full 3D set of HRTFs for in-ear and hearing aid microphones on a head and torso simulator (HATS)

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 836-844

  Oreinos, Chris ^a   Buchholz, Jörg M ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HEARing Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHIND-THE-EAR HEARING AIDS; COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES; DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONES; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPHERICAL HEAD MODELS; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; HEARING AIDS; MICROPHONES; RESEARCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AUDITION;

EID: 84885411828     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918662     Document Type: Article

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