Title :
The perceptual significance of inter-subject differences in the directional transfer function (DTF)
Author :
Walczak, Nancy Barker
Author_Institution :
Northwestern Comput. Music, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
The directional acoustics of the pinna, head, and torso, known as the directional transfer function (DTF), provide primary cues for auditory localization. The perceptual significance of intersubject differences in the DTF was investigated using a headphone-delivered simulation of external sound sources. Results reveal that idiosyncratic differences in DTF have no impact on directional hearing. This is tentatively interpreted as evidence that directional cues are contained in temporal rather than spectral attributes of signals
Keywords :
hearing; DTF; auditory localization; directional acoustics; directional cues; directional hearing; directional transfer function; head; headphone-delivered simulation; intersubject differences; perceptual significance; pinna; sound sources; torso; Acoustics; Auditory system; Azimuth; Computational modeling; Ear; Headphones; Music; Position measurement; Torso; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1988. ICASSP-88., 1988 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
DOI :
10.1109/ICASSP.1988.197156
