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DrLorenzoPicinali

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Reader in Audio Experience Design
 
 
 
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@inproceedings{Picinali:2019:10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239057,
author = {Picinali, L and Rodriguez, MC and Toledo, DG and Lecuona, AR},
doi = {10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239057},
pages = {2158--2159},
title = {Speech-in-noise performances in virtual cocktail party using different non-individual Head Related Transfer Functions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239057},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - It is widely accepted that, within the binaural spatialisation domain, the choice of the Head Related TransferFunctions (HRTFs) can have an impact on localisation accuracy and, more in general, realism and sound sourcesexternalisation. The impact of the HRTF choice on speech-in-noise performances in cocktail party scenarios hasthough not yet been investigated in depth. Within a binaurally-rendered virtual environment, Speech ReceptionThresholds (SRTs) with frontal target speaker and lateral noise maskers were measured for 22 subjects severaltimes across different sessions, and using different HRTFs. Results show that for the majority of the tested subjects, significant differences could be found between the SRTs measured using different HRTFs. Furthermore,the HRTFs leading to better or worse SRT performances were not the same across the subjects, indicating thatthe choice of the HRTF can indeed have an impact on speech-in-noise performances within the tested conditions. These results suggest that when testing speech-in-noise performances within binaurally-rendered virtualenvironments, the choice of the HRTF should be carefully considered. Furthermore a recommendation shouldbe made for future modelling of the speech-in-noise perception mechanisms to include monoaural spectral cuesin addition to interaural differences
AU  - Picinali,L
AU  - Rodriguez,MC
AU  - Toledo,DG
AU  - Lecuona,AR
DO  - 10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239057
EP  - 2159
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2226-7808
SP  - 2158
TI  - Speech-in-noise performances in virtual cocktail party using different non-individual Head Related Transfer Functions
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239057
UR  - http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/769468
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/88065
ER  -
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