Project C5 - Assessment of auditory function and abilities in life-like listening scenarios

Project C5 - Assessment of auditory function and abilities in life-like listening scenarios

Project C5 - Assessment of auditory function and abilities in life-like listening scenarios

Acoustic scenes created in virtual reality with life-like realism and features can be used to address important questions on auditory perception beyond the scope of the simplified stimuli and conditions of classical psychoacoustic laboratory tests.

We will develop a suite of ecologically relevant scenes with multiple stationary, moving and appearing sound sources and reverberation, verify their artefact-free auralization, develop psychophysical approaches for a variety of hearing tasks in such scenes, and provide scene documentation and baseline performance. We will advance psychophysical test methods towards novel interactive approaches based on automated, continuous performance analysis with observational techniques in audiovisual scenes.

Publications

2024

  • Dietze A, Clapp SW, Seeber BU (2024) Static and moving minimum audible angle: Independent contributions of reverberation and position. JASA Express Lett. 1 May 2024; 4 (5): 054404. DOI: 10.1121/10.0025992
  • Gerken M, Kirsch C, Schütze J, Ewert SD, Warzybok A (2024) Speech recognition predictions for measured and simulated binaural room impulse responses. Proceedings DAGA 2024 Hannover, 18.-21.03.2024, pp 214-217. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2024/files/upload/paper/608.pdf
  • Kirsch C, Ewert SD (2024) Effects of measured and simulated diffraction from a plate on sound source localization. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, 3118–3131. DOI: 10.1121/10.0025922
  • Kirsch C, Ewert SD (2024) Filter-based first- and higher-order diffraction modeling for geometrical acoustics. Acta Acustica 8, 73 (16 pages). [Open access] DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2024059.
  • Kuntz M, Seeber BU (2024) Adapting sound reproduction to listener position with dynamic loudspeaker equalization. Proceedings DAGA 2024 Hannover, 18.-21.03.2024, pp 1649-1651.
    https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2024/files/upload/paper/349.pdf

2023

  • Bischof NF, Seeber BU (2023) Binaural detection thresholds are differently affected by interaural level differences in S0 and Sπ conditions. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum), Turin, Italy, 11.-15.09.2023, pp 295-298. DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.0552
  • Bischof NF, Aublin PG, Seeber BU (2023) Fast processing models effects of reflections on binaural unmasking. Acta Acustica 7, 11 (18 pages). DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2023005
  • Bischof NF, Seeber BU (2023) Binaural detection thresholds are differently affected by interaural level differences in S0 and Sπ conditions. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum), Turin, Italy, 11.-15.09.2023, pp 295-298. DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.0552
  • Bischof NF, Seeber BU (2023) Lokalisation der Trajektorien-Endpunkte einer bewegten Schallquelle in Rauschen. Proceedings DAGA 2023 Hamburg, 06.-09.03.2023, pp 1193-1196.
    https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2023/data/articles/000024.pdf
  • Ewert SD, Gößling N, Buttler O, van de Par S, Hu H (2023) Computationally-efficient and perceptually-motivated rendering of diffuse reflections in room acoustic simulation.10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum), Turin, Italy, 11.-15.09.2023, pp 6167-6172. DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.1169
  • Fichna S, van de Par S, Ewert SD (2023) Evaluation of virtual acoustic environments with different acoustic level of detail. 2023 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA), Bologna, Italy, 2023, pp. 1-6. DOI 10.1109/I3DA57090.2023.10289496
  • Hladek L, Seeber BU (2023) Behavior in triadic conversations in conditions with varying positions of noise distractors. Proceedings DAGA 2023, Hamburg, 06.-09.03.2023, pp 916-918. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2023/data/articles/000025.pdf
  • Hládek L, Seeber BU (2023) Speech intelligibility in reverberation is reduced during self-rotation. Trends Hear 27:23312165231188619. DOI: 10.1177/23312165231188619
  • Kirsch C, Ewert SD (2023) A universal filter approximation of edge diffraction for geometrical acoustics. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing 31, pp 1636-1651. DOI: 10.1109/TASLP.2023.3264737
  • Kirsch C, Ewert SD (2023) Filter-based First- and Higher-Order Diffraction Modeling. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum), Turin, Italy, 11.-15.09.2023, pp 6181-6187. DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.1128
  • Kirsch C, Wendt T, van de Par S, Hu H, Ewert S D (2023) Computationally-efficient simulation of late reverberation for inhomogeneous boundary conditions and coupled rooms. J. Audio Eng. Soc., Special Issue on Spatial Audio 71 (4): 186-201. DOI: 10.17743/jaes.2022.0053
  • Kuntz M, Bischof NF, Seeber BU (2023) Sound field synthesis for psychoacoustic research: In situ evaluation of auralized sound pressure level. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 154 (3), 1882–1895. DOI: 10.1121/10.0021066
  • Kuntz M, Seeber BU (2024) Adapting sound reproduction to listener position with dynamic loudspeaker equalization. Proceedings DAGA 2024 Hannover, 18.-21.03.2024, pp 1649-1651.
    https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2024/files/upload/paper/349.pdf
  • Kuntz M, Seeber BU (2023) Investigating the effect of head movement on the perception of reproduction artefacts of moving sources. Fortschritte der Akustik – DAGA '23, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V. (DEGA), 1105-1107. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2023/data/articles/000032.pdf
  • Kuntz M, Seeber BU (2023) Moving the Ambisonics sweet-spot by adapting loudspeaker equalization and Ambisonics decoding. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum), Turin, Italy, 11.-15.09.2023, pp 1805-1808. DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.1078
  • Schütze J, Ewert SD, Kirsch C, Kollmeier B (2023) Virtual acoustics and audiology: Speech intelligibility in standard spatial configurations and in a living room. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum), Turin, Italy, 11.-15.09.2023, p. 3383-3387. DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.1118
  • Seeber BU, Kurz J, Roth TO (2023) Simulating, exploring and optimizing the spatial sound scene of the Sonapticon. 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum), Turin, Italy, 11.-15.09.2023, pp. 4321-4325. DOI: 10.61782/fa.2023.1102

2022

  • Ewert SD (2022) A filter representation of diffraction at infinite and finite wedges. JASA Express Lett. 2:092401, 10 pages. DOI: 10.1121/10.0013686
  • Fichna S, Kirsch C, Seeber BU, Ewert SD (2022) Perceptual evaluation of simulated and real acoustic scenes with different acoustic level of detail. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics. Gyeongju, Korea, 24.-28.10.2022, ABS-0616 (6 pages). https://www.ica2022korea.org/data/Proceedings_A21.pdf
  • Hladek L, Seeber BU (2022) Audiovisual models for virtual reality: Underground station. Proceedings DAGA 2022, Stuttgart, 21.-24.03.2022, pp 274-277. Link zum Paper (mediaTUM)
  • Hladek L, Seeber BU (2022) Effects of noise presence and noise position on interpersonal distance in a triadic conversation. InterNoise 2022, 21.-24.08.2023, Glasgow. Link zum Paper (mediaTUM)
  • Kirsch C, Ewert S (2022) Computationally efficient simulation of edge diffraction in virtual acoustic environments. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics. Gyeongju, Korea, 24.-28.10.2022, ABS-0236 (7 pages). https://www.ica2022korea.org/data/Proceedings_A21.pdf
  • Kolotzek N, Seeber BU (2022) Onset importance in a binaural detection task during an arc-shaped movement trajectory. Proceedings DAGA 2022, Stuttgart, 21.-24.03.2022, pp 1469-1471. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2022/data/articles/000187.pdf
  • Kuntz M, Seeber BU (2022) Investigating the smoothness of moving sources reproduced with panning methods. Proceedings DAGA 2022, Stuttgart, 21.-24.03.2022, pp 1465-1468. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2022/data/articles/000363.pdf
  • Seeber B, Hladek L, Wang T (2022) Dynamic spatial rendering of early and late reverberation of virtual acoustic scenes. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics. Gyeongju, Korea, 24.-28.10.2022, ABS-0790 (7 pages)
    https://www.ica2022korea.org/data/Proceedings_A21.pdf
  • Seeber B, Wackler T (2022) Measuring auditory attention effort in virtual audio-visual environments using pupillometry. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics. Gyeongju, Korea, 24.-28.10.2022, ABS-0782 (7 pages)
    https://www.ica2022korea.org/data/Proceedings_A21.pdf
  • van de Par S, Ewert SD, Hladek L, Kirsch C, Schütze J, Llorca-Bofí J, Grimm G, Hendrikse MME, Kollmeier B, Seeber BU (2022) Auditory-visual scenes for hearing research. Acta Acustica 6:55, 14 pages. DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2022032
  • Wang T, Seeber BU (2022) Extension of the real-time simulated open field environment for fast binaural rendering. Proceedings DAGA 2022, Stuttgart, 21.-24.03.2022, pp 1459-1461. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2022/data/articles/000247.pdf

2021

  • Enghofer F, Hladek L, Seeber BU (2021) An ‚unreal’ framework for creating and controlling audio-visual scenes for the rtSOFE. Proceedings DAGA 2021, Wien 15.-18.08.2021, pp 1217-1220. Link zum Paper (MediaTUM)
  • Ewert SD, Buttler O, Hu H (2021) Computationally efficient parametric filter
    approximations for sound-source directivity and head-related impulse responses. Int.
    Conference on Immersive and 3D Audio (I3DA), pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/I3DA48870.2021.9610923.
  • Fichna S, Biberger T, Seeber BU, Ewert SD (2021) Effect of acoustic scene complexity and visual scene representation on auditory perception in virtual audio-visual environments. 2021 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA), 1–9. DOI: 10.1109/I3DA48870.2021.9610916
  • Hladek L, Ewert SD, Seeber BU (2021) Communication conditions in virtual acoustic scenes in an underground station. 2021 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA), 1–8. DOI: 10.1109/I3DA48870.2021.9610843. Preprint at DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2106.15916. Data set at DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6025631.
  • Hladek L, Seeber BU (2021) Self-rotation behavior during a spatialized speech test in reverberation. Proceedings DAGA 2021, Wien 15.-18.08.2021, pp 1229-1232. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2021/data/articles/000381.pdf
  • Hu H, Ewert SD (2021) Speech intelligibility of Mandarin- and German-speaking listeners in challenging conditions. WASPAA 2021: IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, 86–90. DOI: 10.1109/WASPAA52581.2021.9632765
  • Kirsch C, Ewert SD (2021) Low-order filter approximation of diffraction for virtual acoustics. 2021 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), 341–345. DOI: 10.1109/WASPAA52581.2021.9632674
  • Kirsch C, Poppitz J, Wendt T, van de Par S, Ewert SD (2021) Computationally-efficient spatial rendering of late reverberation in virtual acoustic environments. 2021 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA), 1–8. DOI: 10.1109/I3DA48870.2021.9610896
  • Kolotzek N, Aublin PG, Seeber BU (2021) The effect of early and late reflections on binaural unmasking. Proceedings DAGA 2021, Wien 15.-18.08.2021, pp 282-284. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2021/data/articles/000009.pdf
  • Kuntz M, Kolotzek N, Seeber BU (2021) Gemessener Schalldruckpegel im Lautsprecherarray für verschiedene Schallfeldsyntheseverfahren. Proceedings DAGA 2021, Wien 15.-18.08.2021, pp 1437-1440. https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAGA_2021/data/articles/000469.pdf
  • Pulella P, Croce P, Hládek L, Seeber BU (2021) Auralization of acoustic design in primary school classrooms. IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Bari, Italy. DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope51590.2021.9584677

2020

  • Hladek L, Seeber BU (2020) The effect of self-motion cues on speech perception in an acoustically complex scene, In: Proc. Forum Acusticum, Lyon, France, 7-11.12.2020.
    hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03234211
  • Kolotzek N, Seeber BU (2020) Localizing the end position of a circular moving sound source near masked threshold, In: Proc. Forum Acusticum, Lyon, France, 7-11.12.2020.
    hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03234184/

2019

  • Hladek L, Seeber BU (2019) Behavior and speech intelligibility in a changing multi-talker environment. In: Vorländer, M., and J. Fels (Eds.): Proc. 23rd Int. Congress on Acoustics, integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019, Dt. Ges. f. Akustik e.V. (DEGA), Berlin, S. 7640-7645.
    mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1521970/243442.pdf
  • Kolotzek N, Seeber BU (2019) Spatial unmasking of circular moving sound sources in the free field. ICA, 9.-13.9.2019, Aachen/Germany. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1521968/565208.pdf
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