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CHAPTER 12. Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing. Binaural Hearing: Some Terms. AZIMUTH -angle from straight ahead in horizontal plane. Minimum Audible Amgle - jnd for azimuth. (smallest at 0 degrees, largest near 90 and 270 deg.). Binaural. LOCALIZATION & LATERALIZATION. LOCALIZATION:
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CHAPTER 12 Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing
Binaural Hearing: Some Terms • AZIMUTH-angle from straight ahead in horizontal plane. • Minimum Audible Amgle- jnd for azimuth.(smallest at 0 degrees, largest near 90 and 270 deg.) Binaural
LOCALIZATION & LATERALIZATION LOCALIZATION: • ability to determine location of a sound source in the sound field. LATERALIZATION: • perceived position of sound within your head for stimulation under headphones. Binaural
Sound Localization Binaural
LOCALIZATION CUES: • INTERAURAL TIME DIFFERENCE works best at low freqs: up to 0.65 ms at 90 deg. • INTERAURAL INTENSITY DIFFERENCE works best at high freqs: where head shadow exists. • PRECEDENCE EFFECT people can tell which ear was stimulated first. Binaural
Masking Level Difference (MLD) Masker and Signal in Each Ear Test Threshold twice: • once with identical signals in each ear • once with 180 degrees out of phase R to L Binaural
Masking Level Difference (MLD) (cont’d) • Signal is easier to detect with the interaural phase difference • Shift in threshold is about 12 to 15 dB at low frequencies. • Reflects processing in the auditory brainstem) Binaural