Influence of Loudspeaker Configurations and Orientations on Sound Localization

Optimization of loudspeaker and microphone configurations for sound reproduction system based on boundary surface control principle

We propose a 3-D sound reproduction system based on the boundary surface control principle (BoSC system) and evaluate its performance via demonstration and exhibition. The BoSC reproduction system, dome-shaped and constructed of wood, consists of 62 full-range loudspeakers and eight subwoofer loudspeakers. The BoSC recording system is designed from C80 fullerene consisting of 70 microphones of ...

Influence of aging on human sound localization.

Errors in sound localization, associated with age-related changes in peripheral and central auditory function, can pose threats to self and others in a commonly encountered environment such as a busy traffic intersection. This study aimed to quantify the accuracy and precision (repeatability) of free-field human sound localization as a function of advancing age. Head-fixed young, middle-aged, a...

the influence of social and cultural capital on efl students critical thinking skills

the major aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social and cultural capital and efl students’ critical thinking skills. this study takes this relationship in to account to see if people with different sociocultural status are different regarding their critical thinking skills. to this end, 160 university students majoring in english language and literature, english trans...

The influence of duration and level on human sound localization.

The localization of sounds in the vertical plane (elevation) deteriorates for short-duration wideband sounds at moderate to high intensities. The effect is described by a systematic decrease of the elevation gain (slope of stimulus-response relation) at short sound durations. Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain this finding. Either the sound localization system integrates over a time w...

Analysis, Synthesis, and Perception of Spatial Sound – Binaural Localization Modeling and Multichannel Loudspeaker Reproduction