The auditory modeling toolbox

The Technology of Binaural Listening

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 33-56

  SOndergaard P L ^a,b   Majdak, P ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY MODELING; AUDITORY MODELS; HUMAN DATA; MODEL IMPLEMENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MODEL; USER FRIENDLY;

EID: 84953246637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37762-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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