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Subjective Selection of Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) Based on Spectral Coloration and Interaural Time Differences (ITD) Cues

The present study describes an HRTF subjective individualization procedure in which a listener selects from a database those HRTFs that pass several perceptual criteria. Earlier work has demonstrated that listeners are as likely to select a database HRTF as their own when judging externalization, elevation, and front/back discriminability. The procedure employed in this original study requires individually measured ITDs. The present study modifies the original procedure so that individually measured ITDs are unnecessary. Specifically, a standardized ITD is used, in place of the listener's ITD, to identify those database minimum-phase HRTFs with desirable perceptual properties. The selection procedure is then repeated for one of the preferred minimum-phase HRTFs and searches over a database of ITDs. Consistent with the original study, listeners prefer a small subset of HRTFs; in contrast, while individual listeners show clear preferences for some ITDs over others, no small subset of ITDs appears to satisfy all listeners.

Authors: McMullen, Kyla; Roginska, Agnieszka; Wakefield, Gregory H.
Affiliations: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; New York University, New York, NY, USA(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:133 (October 2012) Paper Number:8770 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Auditory Perception and Evaluation

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