This work investigated the relationships between room acoustics, background noise level,
and vocal effort of a speaker in simulated classrooms of various volumes. Under simulated …

The graphics-intensive nature of most virtual environments (VEs) prevents many people with
visual impairment from being able to successfully explore them. A percentage of the …

Interaction between the user and the virtual acoustic environment (VAE) has become of
increasing interest in virtual acoustic research. Thus, as an example, more and more …

Echolocation--the ability to detect objects in space through the perception of echoes from
these objects--has been identified as a promising venue to help visually impaired …

The meaning of sound in human life is incalculable, thought its importance in nowadays
society is often underestimated. Without any doubt, the modern western culture is more …

Advances in computational power have opened the doors to higher resolution acoustic
modelling for large-scale spaces where acoustics is crucial and spaces are increasingly …

This research focuses on sound localization experiments in which subjects report the
position of an active sound source by turning toward it. A statistical framework for the …

The active sensing and perception of the environment by auditory means is typically known
as echolocation. Through the emission of oral sounds and the interpretation of the …

Room acoustic modelling and the use of auralisations for the study and design of venues
have been well investigated over recent decades. However, much of the existing literature …

Immersion is an important aspect of virtual acoustics. However, in most virtual acoustic
environments (VAEs), the user is only a passive listener in a predefined scene and …