A binaural auditory model and applications to spatial sound evaluation
Abstract
Reproduced sound quality is in uenced by many perceptual factors such as sound source direction and distance, timbre, loudness, spatial impression, and temporal characteristics. Listening tests can be performed to assess these aspects, but computational auditory models provide an interesting alternative to the direct use of human subjects. While this model-based approach is commonly used for monaural audio evaluation, the application of advanced binaural models to spatial sound evaluation remains a challenge. In this paper, we present a binaural auditory model based on the two principles of interaural cross-correlation and binaural cue selection and we illustrate how it can be utilized in two different spatial sound applications.
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