The Technology of Binaural Listening

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. An Introduction to Binaural Processing

   • A. Kohlrausch, J. Braasch, D. Kolossa, J. Blauert

   Pages 1-32

3. The Auditory Modeling Toolbox

   • P. L. Søndergaard, P. Majdak

   Pages 33-56

4. Trends in Acquisition of Individual Head-Related Transfer Functions

   • G. Enzner, Chr. Antweiler, S. Spors

   Pages 57-92

5. Assessment of Sagittal-Plane Sound Localization Performance in Spatial-Audio Applications

   • R. Baumgartner, P. Majdak, B. Laback

   Pages 93-119

6. Modeling Horizontal Localization of Complex Sounds in the Impaired and Aided Impaired Auditory System

   • N. Le Goff, J. M. Buchholz, T. Dau

   Pages 121-144

7. Binaural Scene Analysis with Multidimensional Statistical Filters

   • C. Spille, B. T. Meyer, M. Dietz, V. Hohmann

   Pages 145-170

8. Extracting Sound-Source-Distance Information from Binaural Signals

   • E. Georganti, T. May, S. van de Par, J. Mourjopoulos

   Pages 171-199

9. A Binaural Model that Analyses Acoustic Spaces and Stereophonic Reproduction Systems by Utilizing Head Rotations

   • J. Braasch, S. Clapp, A. Parks, T. Pastore, N. Xiang

   Pages 201-223

10. Binaural Systems in Robotics

    • S. Argentieri, A. Portello, M. Bernard, P. Danès, B. Gas

    Pages 225-253

11. Binaural Assessment of Multichannel Reproduction

    • H. Wierstorf, A. Raake, S. Spors

    Pages 255-278

12. Optimization of Binaural Algorithms for Maximum Predicted Speech Intelligibility

    • A. Schlesinger, Chr. Luther

    Pages 279-308

13. Modeling Sound Localization with Cochlear Implants

    • M. Nicoletti, Chr. Wirtz, W. Hemmert

    Pages 309-331

14. Binaural Assessment of Parametrically Coded Spatial Audio Signals

    • M. Takanen, O. Santala, V. Pulkki

    Pages 333-358

15. Binaural Dereverberation

    • A. Tsilfidis, A. Westermann, J. M. Buchholz, E. Georganti, J. Mourjopoulos

    Pages 359-396

16. Binaural Localization and Detection of Speakers in Complex Acoustic Scenes

    • T. May, S. van de Par, A. Kohlrausch

    Pages 397-425

17. Predicting Binaural Speech Intelligibility in Architectural Acoustics

    • J. F. Culling, M. Lavandier, S. Jelfs

    Pages 427-447

18. Assessment of Binaural–Proprioceptive Interaction in Human-Machine Interfaces

    • M. Stamm, M. E. Altinsoy

    Pages 449-475

19. Further Challenges and the Road Ahead

    • J. Blauert, D. Kolossa, K. Obermayer, K. Adiloğlu

    Pages 477-501

20. Back Matter

    Pages 503-511

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This book reports on the application of advanced models of the human binaural hearing system in modern technology, among others, in the following areas:  binaural analysis of aural scenes, binaural de-reverberation, binaural quality assessment of audio channels, loudspeakers and performance spaces, binaural perceptual coding, binaural processing in hearing aids and cochlea implants, binaural systems in robots, binaural/tactile human-machine interfaces, speech-intelligibility prediction in rooms and/or multi-speaker scenarios. An introduction to binaural modeling and an outlook to the future are provided. Further, the book features a MATLAB toolbox to enable readers to construct their own dedicated binaural models on demand.

• Artificial Heads
• Basilar-Membrane Models
• Binaural Interaction
• Durlach-Type EI Models
• Ear-Filter Banks
• Echo Canceller
• HRTF Catalogues
• HRTF-Measurement Capabilities
• Hair-Cell Models
• Jeffress Models
• Middle-Ear Models

From the book reviews:

“This is an advanced book on binaural hearing computations and mechanisms. … The data in this textbook is for investigators in the human audiology laboratories and is suitable to computational studies. I highly recommend this book for all neuroscientists with an interest in somatomotor and auditory physiology.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, March, 2015)

• Fak. Elektrotechnik, LS Allgm.Elektrotechn.+Akustik, Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany

  Jens Blauert

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