Main description:

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.

Contents:

From the Contents: An Introduction to Binaural Processing.- The Auditory-modeling Toolbox.- Acquisition and Representation of Head-related Transfer Functions.- Binaural Analysis of Complex Listening Environments.- Binaural Scene Analysis with Multi-dimensional Statistical Filters.- Extracting Room and Source-distance Information from Binaural.-Binaural Evaluation of Auditory Scenes Using Head Movements.- Binaural Systems in Robotics.- Binaural Assessment of Multi-channel Reproduction.- Optimization and Assessment of Binaural Algorithms for Hearing.