Head-Related Transfer Functions and their Role in the Localization of Sound Sources in Human Listeners
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Identification and localization of sound sources in the median sagittal plane.
The ability of human listeners to identify broadband noises differing in spectral structure was studied for multiple sound-source locations in the median sagittal plane. The purpose of the study was to understand how sound identification is affected by spectral variations caused by directionally dependent head-related transfer functions. It was found that listeners could accurately identify noi...
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