Toward HRTF personalization: an auditory-perceptual evaluation of simulated and measured HRTFs

Abstract

Sound localization tests were carried out with two subjects using a Virtual Auditory Display (VAD) to determine the intersubject effects on localization accuracy, of employing either acoustically measured or Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD)-simulated Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs). Results indicate that the simulated HRTFs were able to yield comparable localization performance and carried sufficient acoustic cues for personalization.