Blauert bands

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Blauert bands are specific frequency ranges in which changes in sound level strongly influence the perceived elevation of an auditory source in spatial hearing.

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instanceOf auditory spatial cue
psychoacoustic phenomenon
affects perceived elevation of sound sources
appliesTo human listeners with normal hearing
characterizedBy frequency ranges where level changes alter perceived elevation
dependsOn individual anatomical differences
listener’s head and pinna filtering
describedIn Jens Blauert’s research on spatial hearing in the 1960s–1970s
discoveredBy Jens Blauert NERFINISHED
documentedIn book "Spatial Hearing" by Jens Blauert NERFINISHED
effect increased level in certain bands can shift perceived elevation upward or downward
field psychoacoustics
spatial hearing
hasProperty band-specific sensitivity to level changes
elevation judgments can be biased by artificial level manipulations in these bands
stronger effect for broadband or noise stimuli than for pure tones
influences perceived direction of diffuse or noise-like sound sources
involves broadband or noise-like stimuli
changes in sound level
measurementMethod psychophysical experiments with controlled spectral level changes
namedAfter Jens Blauert NERFINISHED
perceptualEffect frequency-dependent elevation illusions
non-monotonic relationship between frequency band level and perceived elevation
relatedConcept cone of confusion
head-related transfer function notches and peaks
spectral localization cues
relatesTo binaural hearing
head-related transfer functions
spectral cues
vertical sound localization
relevantFor design of elevation cues in spatial audio systems
perceptual audio coding involving spatial cues
typeOf frequency-dependent localization cue
typicalFrequencyRange around 1 kHz to 2 kHz
around 2 kHz to 4 kHz
around 4 kHz to 8 kHz
usedIn binaural synthesis
evaluation of head-related transfer functions
headphone-based spatial audio
research on 3D audio reproduction
virtual auditory displays

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Jens Blauert hasConceptAssociated Blauert bands