Effects of Spectral Content on Distance Perception in Reverberant Space
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In an anechoic environment, distance perception for nearby sources degrades if there is no low-frequency spectral content in a stimulus, presumably because of the importance of low-frequency interaural level difference cues (Brungart, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106:3589-3602). However, distance perception is essentially the same for monaural and binaural stimuli simulated at nearby distances in reverberant space (Shinn-Cunningham, Santarelli, and Kopco, 1999 ARO Abstract #103). These results suggest that low-frequency stimulus content may be less critical for distance perception of nearby sources in reverberant space than in anechoic space. The current study examines the effect of spectral content on distance perception in reverberant space.
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