Identification of auditory cues utilized in human echolocation - objective measurement results

Author

Papadopoulos, Timos ; Edwards, David S. ; Rowan, Daniel ; Allen, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. of Sound & Vibration Res. (ISVR), Southampton, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

4-7 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present objective measurements of source-to-ear responses obtained in a previously established human echolocation experimental paradigm. We identify the auditory cues that allow humans to perform echolocation tasks in that specific scenario and we discuss the salience of those cues with respect to more complex scenarios. This work allows us to formulate an experimental protocol for conducting more detailed and informative subjective listening test experiments in human echolocation.

Keywords

bioacoustics; biomedical measurement; hearing; mechanoception; auditory cue identification; binaural localization; human echolocation; source-to-ear response measurements; subjective listening test experiments; Anthropometry; Biomedical measurements; Electric variables measurement; Humans; Impulse testing; Information technology; Loudspeakers; Microphones; Multilevel systems; Protocols; Human echolocation; binaural localization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2009. ITAB 2009. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Larnaca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5379-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5379-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394427

Filename

5394427