Headphone transparification: a novel method for investigating the externalisation of binaural sounds

Alastair H. Moore; Anthony I. Tew; Rozenn Nicol

Headphone transparification: a novel method for investigating the externalisation of binaural sounds

Alastair H. Moore, Anthony I. Tew, Rozenn Nicol

Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

The only way to be certain that binaurally rendered sounds are properly externalised is to compare them to real sound sources in a discrimination experiment. However, the presence of the headphones required for the binaural rendering interfere with the real sound source. A novel technique is presented which uses small compensating signals applied to the headphones at the same time as the real source is active, such that the signals reaching the ears are the same as if the headphones were not present.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2007
Event	123rd AES Convention - New York, United States Duration: 5 Oct 2007 → 8 Oct 2007

Conference

Conference	123rd AES Convention
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York
Period	5/10/07 → 8/10/07

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