The contribution of head movement to the externalization and internalization of sounds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Brimijoin, W Owen ^a   Boyd, Alan W ^a   Akeroyd, Michael A ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BINAURAL HEARING; EARPHONE CUSHION; EXTERNALIZED SOUND; HEAD IMPULSE TEST; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEADPHONE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNALIZED SOUND; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND LEVEL METER; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84891620998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083068     Document Type: Article

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