Direct comparison of the impact of head tracking, reverberation and individualized head-related transfer functions on the spatial perception of a virtual speech source  (2001)

A study of sound localization performance was conducted using headphone-delivered virtual speech stimuli, rendered via HRTF-based acoustic auralization software and hardware, and blocked-meatus HRTF measurements. The independent variables were chosen to evaluate commonly held assumptions in the literature regarding improved localization: inclusion of head tracking, individualized HRTFs, and early and diffuse reflections. Significant effects were found for azimuth and elevation error, reversal rates, and externalization.

+ Begault, Durand

+ Begault, Durand

+ Wenzel, Elizabeth

+ Anderson, Mark

+ Advanced Controls and Displays

acoustic auralizatio, HRTF, speech, virtual speech

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 2001. 49: p. 904-916.

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