MEASURING A DUMMY HEAD IN SEARCH OF PINNA CUES

Extensive measurements were performed on a dummy head to investigate h ow the pinnae encode directional information. Transfer functions and i mpulse responses were examined to identify the features that contribut e to localization. The results suggest that near-vertical spectral edg es play a major role. This finding sheds a new light on the relationsh ip between the characteristics of the external ear and the results of earlier psychophysical experiments by Blauert and by Hebrank and Wrigh t.