Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment
- Autores
- Spiousas, Ignacio; Etchemendy, Pablo Esteban; Eguia, Manuel Camilo; Calcagno, Esteban; Abregú, Ezequiel Lucas; Vergara, Ramiro Oscar
- Año de publicación
- 2017
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Previous studies on the effect of spectral content on auditory distance perception (ADP) focused on the physically measurable cues occurring either in the near field (low-pass filtering due to head diffraction) or when the sound travels distances greater than 15 m (high-frequency energy losses due to air absorption). Here, we study how the spectrum of a sound arriving from a source located in a reverberant room at intermediate distances (1-6 m) influences the perception of the distance to the source. First, we conducted an ADP experiment using pure tones (the simplest possible spectrum) of frequencies 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz. Then, we performed a second ADP experiment with stimuli consisting of continuous bandpass-filtered (with center frequencies of 0.5, 1.5 and 4 kHz and bandwidths of 1/12, 1/3 and 1.5 octave) and broadband pink-noise clips. Our results showed an effect of the stimulus frequency on the perceived distance both for pure tones and filtered noise bands: ADP was less accurate for stimuli containing energy only in the low-frequency range. Analysis of the frequency response of the room showed that the low accuracy observed for low-frequency stimuli can be explained by the presence of sparse modal resonances in the low-frequency region of the spectrum, which induced a non-monotonic relationship between binaural intensity and source distance. The results obtained in the second experiment suggest that ADP can also be affected by stimulus bandwidth but in a less straightforward way (i.e. depending on the center frequency, increasing stimulus bandwidth could have different effects). Finally, the analysis of the acoustical cues suggests that listeners judged source distance using mainly changes in the overall intensity of the auditory stimulus with distance rather than the direct-to-reverberation energy ratio, even for low-frequency noise bands (which typically induce high amount of reverberation). The results obtained in this study show that, depending on the spectrum of the auditory stimulus, reverberation can degrade auditory distance perception rather than improve it.
Fil: Spiousas, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Etchemendy, Pablo Esteban. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Eguia, Manuel Camilo. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Calcagno, Esteban. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Abregú, Ezequiel Lucas. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Vergara, Ramiro Oscar. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina - Materia
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PSYCHOACOUSTICS
AUDITORY PERCEPTION
DISTANCE PERCEPTION
REVERBERATION
ROOM ACOUSTICS - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environmentSpiousas, IgnacioEtchemendy, Pablo EstebanEguia, Manuel CamiloCalcagno, EstebanAbregú, Ezequiel LucasVergara, Ramiro OscarPSYCHOACOUSTICSAUDITORY PERCEPTIONDISTANCE PERCEPTIONREVERBERATIONROOM ACOUSTICShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Previous studies on the effect of spectral content on auditory distance perception (ADP) focused on the physically measurable cues occurring either in the near field (low-pass filtering due to head diffraction) or when the sound travels distances greater than 15 m (high-frequency energy losses due to air absorption). Here, we study how the spectrum of a sound arriving from a source located in a reverberant room at intermediate distances (1-6 m) influences the perception of the distance to the source. First, we conducted an ADP experiment using pure tones (the simplest possible spectrum) of frequencies 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz. Then, we performed a second ADP experiment with stimuli consisting of continuous bandpass-filtered (with center frequencies of 0.5, 1.5 and 4 kHz and bandwidths of 1/12, 1/3 and 1.5 octave) and broadband pink-noise clips. Our results showed an effect of the stimulus frequency on the perceived distance both for pure tones and filtered noise bands: ADP was less accurate for stimuli containing energy only in the low-frequency range. Analysis of the frequency response of the room showed that the low accuracy observed for low-frequency stimuli can be explained by the presence of sparse modal resonances in the low-frequency region of the spectrum, which induced a non-monotonic relationship between binaural intensity and source distance. The results obtained in the second experiment suggest that ADP can also be affected by stimulus bandwidth but in a less straightforward way (i.e. depending on the center frequency, increasing stimulus bandwidth could have different effects). Finally, the analysis of the acoustical cues suggests that listeners judged source distance using mainly changes in the overall intensity of the auditory stimulus with distance rather than the direct-to-reverberation energy ratio, even for low-frequency noise bands (which typically induce high amount of reverberation). The results obtained in this study show that, depending on the spectrum of the auditory stimulus, reverberation can degrade auditory distance perception rather than improve it.Fil: Spiousas, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Etchemendy, Pablo Esteban. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Eguia, Manuel Camilo. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Calcagno, Esteban. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Abregú, Ezequiel Lucas. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Vergara, Ramiro Oscar. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. 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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment |
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment |
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment Spiousas, Ignacio PSYCHOACOUSTICS AUDITORY PERCEPTION DISTANCE PERCEPTION REVERBERATION ROOM ACOUSTICS |
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment |
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment |
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment |
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment |
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Sound spectrum influences auditory distance perception of sound sources located in a room environment |
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Spiousas, Ignacio Etchemendy, Pablo Esteban Eguia, Manuel Camilo Calcagno, Esteban Abregú, Ezequiel Lucas Vergara, Ramiro Oscar |
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Spiousas, Ignacio |
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Spiousas, Ignacio Etchemendy, Pablo Esteban Eguia, Manuel Camilo Calcagno, Esteban Abregú, Ezequiel Lucas Vergara, Ramiro Oscar |
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Etchemendy, Pablo Esteban Eguia, Manuel Camilo Calcagno, Esteban Abregú, Ezequiel Lucas Vergara, Ramiro Oscar |
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PSYCHOACOUSTICS AUDITORY PERCEPTION DISTANCE PERCEPTION REVERBERATION ROOM ACOUSTICS |
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PSYCHOACOUSTICS AUDITORY PERCEPTION DISTANCE PERCEPTION REVERBERATION ROOM ACOUSTICS |
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Previous studies on the effect of spectral content on auditory distance perception (ADP) focused on the physically measurable cues occurring either in the near field (low-pass filtering due to head diffraction) or when the sound travels distances greater than 15 m (high-frequency energy losses due to air absorption). Here, we study how the spectrum of a sound arriving from a source located in a reverberant room at intermediate distances (1-6 m) influences the perception of the distance to the source. First, we conducted an ADP experiment using pure tones (the simplest possible spectrum) of frequencies 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz. Then, we performed a second ADP experiment with stimuli consisting of continuous bandpass-filtered (with center frequencies of 0.5, 1.5 and 4 kHz and bandwidths of 1/12, 1/3 and 1.5 octave) and broadband pink-noise clips. Our results showed an effect of the stimulus frequency on the perceived distance both for pure tones and filtered noise bands: ADP was less accurate for stimuli containing energy only in the low-frequency range. Analysis of the frequency response of the room showed that the low accuracy observed for low-frequency stimuli can be explained by the presence of sparse modal resonances in the low-frequency region of the spectrum, which induced a non-monotonic relationship between binaural intensity and source distance. The results obtained in the second experiment suggest that ADP can also be affected by stimulus bandwidth but in a less straightforward way (i.e. depending on the center frequency, increasing stimulus bandwidth could have different effects). Finally, the analysis of the acoustical cues suggests that listeners judged source distance using mainly changes in the overall intensity of the auditory stimulus with distance rather than the direct-to-reverberation energy ratio, even for low-frequency noise bands (which typically induce high amount of reverberation). The results obtained in this study show that, depending on the spectrum of the auditory stimulus, reverberation can degrade auditory distance perception rather than improve it. Fil: Spiousas, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Etchemendy, Pablo Esteban. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Eguia, Manuel Camilo. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Calcagno, Esteban. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Abregú, Ezequiel Lucas. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Vergara, Ramiro Oscar. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología. Laboratorio de Acústica y Percepción Sonora; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina |
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Previous studies on the effect of spectral content on auditory distance perception (ADP) focused on the physically measurable cues occurring either in the near field (low-pass filtering due to head diffraction) or when the sound travels distances greater than 15 m (high-frequency energy losses due to air absorption). Here, we study how the spectrum of a sound arriving from a source located in a reverberant room at intermediate distances (1-6 m) influences the perception of the distance to the source. First, we conducted an ADP experiment using pure tones (the simplest possible spectrum) of frequencies 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz. Then, we performed a second ADP experiment with stimuli consisting of continuous bandpass-filtered (with center frequencies of 0.5, 1.5 and 4 kHz and bandwidths of 1/12, 1/3 and 1.5 octave) and broadband pink-noise clips. Our results showed an effect of the stimulus frequency on the perceived distance both for pure tones and filtered noise bands: ADP was less accurate for stimuli containing energy only in the low-frequency range. Analysis of the frequency response of the room showed that the low accuracy observed for low-frequency stimuli can be explained by the presence of sparse modal resonances in the low-frequency region of the spectrum, which induced a non-monotonic relationship between binaural intensity and source distance. The results obtained in the second experiment suggest that ADP can also be affected by stimulus bandwidth but in a less straightforward way (i.e. depending on the center frequency, increasing stimulus bandwidth could have different effects). Finally, the analysis of the acoustical cues suggests that listeners judged source distance using mainly changes in the overall intensity of the auditory stimulus with distance rather than the direct-to-reverberation energy ratio, even for low-frequency noise bands (which typically induce high amount of reverberation). The results obtained in this study show that, depending on the spectrum of the auditory stimulus, reverberation can degrade auditory distance perception rather than improve it. |
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