An investigation on source identification of very high frequency sounds radiated from home appliances around us

Koki Harusawa, Yumi Inamura, Masaaki Hiroe, Hideyuki Hasegawa, Sho Kanzaki, Kentaro Nakamura, Shogo Kiryu, Mari Ueda

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Abstract

We investigated the azimuth angle characteristics of head related transfer function (HRTF) at very high frequency region using two kinds of head and torso simulators (HATS). In the measurement of hearing thresholds, there are two ways using a headphone or a loudspeaker. In general, it will be carried out using a loudspeaker because sound pressure calibration and measurement are simple. However, the hearing threshold which measured using a loudspeaker at very high frequency region may contain some errors because sound pressure level (SPL) reaching the ear are seriously affected by a small movement of the head. Also, the SPL near the pinna seriously depends on both shapes of a pinna and a head because excess attenuation by diffraction of VHF sound is very large. To provide assurance for the accuracy measurement of hearing threshold, it is important to make clear the relationship between the SPL and shape of head and/or ear. In this paper, we reported the HRTFs calculated from the SPLs measured at three different positions of left ear - a tragus, an auricle and an eardrum and discussed the influence of head and/or ear of HATS from the azimuth angle characteristics of these HRTFs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternoise 2022 - 51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering
PublisherThe Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA, Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781906913427
StatePublished - 2022
Event51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Internoise 2022 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 2022/08/212022/08/24

Publication series

NameInternoise 2022 - 51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering

Conference

Conference51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Internoise 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period2022/08/212022/08/24

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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