Dynamic sound field audiometry: Static and dynamic spatial hearing tests in the full horizontal plane

Fischer, Tim Alois; Kompis, Martin; Mantokoudis, Georgios; Caversaccio, Marco; Wimmer, Wilhelm (2020). Dynamic sound field audiometry: Static and dynamic spatial hearing tests in the full horizontal plane. Applied acoustics, 166, p. 107363. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107363

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Although spatial hearing is of great importance in everyday life, today’s routine audiological test batteries and static test setups assess sound localization, discrimination and tracking abilities rudimentarily and thus provide only a limited interpretation of treatment outcomes regarding spatial hearing performance. To address this limitation, we designed a dynamic sound field test setup and evaluated the sound localization, discrimination and tracking performance of 12 normal-hearing subjects. During testing, participants provided feedback either through a touchpad or through eye tracking. In addition, the influence of head movement on sound-tracking performance was investigated. Our results show that tracking and discrimination performance was significantly better in the frontal azimuth than in the rear azimuth. Particularly good performance was observed across the rear midline in localization, discrimination and tracking tests. As expected, free head movement improved sound-tracking abilities. Furthermore, feedback via gaze detection led to larger tracking errors than feedback via the touchpad. We found statistically significant correlations between the static and dynamic tests, which favor the snapshot theory for auditory motion perception.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders (ENT)
10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Hearing Research Laboratory

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Fischer, Tim Alois, Kompis, Martin, Mantokoudis, Georgios, Caversaccio, Marco, Wimmer, Wilhelm

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISSN:

0003-682X

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Wilhelm Wimmer

Date Deposited:

07 May 2020 09:18

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:38

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107363

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.143663

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/143663

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