Comparison of sound location variations in free and reverberant fields: An event-related potential study

J Acoust Soc Am. 2020 Jul;148(1):EL14. doi: 10.1121/10.0001489.

Abstract

This study compares event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by variations of sound location in free and reverberant fields. The virtual sound sources located at azimuths 0°-40° were synthesized with head-related transfer functions and binaural room impulse responses for free and reverberant fields, respectively. The sound stimulus at 0° was assigned as standard in the oddball paradigm. Results show that the P3 amplitude is larger in the free field and acoustical conditions have no significant effect on the amplitudes of N2 and mismatch negativity. Moreover, a linear relationship between sound angle and amplitude of ERP components is observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acoustic Stimulation
  • Electroencephalography
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory
  • Sound
  • Sound Localization*