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JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Volume 132, Issue 6, Pages 3832-3841Publisher
ACOUSTICAL SOC AMER AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1121/1.4765083
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It has been suggested that the first spectral peak and the first two spectral notches of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are cues for sound localization in the median plane. Therefore, to examine the mechanism for generating spectral peaks and notches, HRTFs were calculated from four head shapes using the finite-difference time-domain method. The comparison between HRTFs calculated from the whole head and the pinna-related transfer functions calculated from the segmented pinna indicated that the pinna determines the basic peak-notch pattern of the HRTFs. An analysis of the distribution patterns of pressure nodes and anti-nodes on the pinna computed in the steady state for sinusoidal excitations confirmed that the first three peaks correspond to the first three normal modes of the pinna. The analysis also revealed that at the first spectral notch frequencies, one or two anti-nodes appeared in the cymba and the triangular fossa, and a node developed in the concha. Furthermore, according to changes in the instantaneous pressure distribution patterns on the pinna, three types of mechanisms were hypothesized for inducing the node in the concha depending on the source elevation angle. (C) 2012 Acoustical Society of America. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4765083]
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