Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Interference: Path Lengths01:10

Interference: Path Lengths

Consider two sources of sound, that may or may not be in phase, emitting waves at a single frequency, and consider the frequencies to be the same.
Two special sources may be considered when they are in phase. This can be easily achieved by feeding the two sources from the same source. An example would be synchronizing the two speakers by feeding them with the same source, such as the sound waves produced by a tuning fork. This setup ensures that the two sources have the same frequency and are...
Perceiving Loudness, Pitch, and Location01:21

Perceiving Loudness, Pitch, and Location

The human brain perceives pitch through two primary mechanisms reflected in place theory and frequency theory. Each mechanism describes how sound waves are interpreted as specific pitches by the brain, offering insights into the intricate processes of auditory perception.
Place theory, or place coding, suggests that different pitches are heard because various sound waves activate specific locations along the cochlea's basilar membrane. The brain determines the pitch of a sound by identifying...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Identifying Hearing Difficulty Moments in Conversational Audio.

Trends in hearing·2026
Same author

Neuronal Representation of Auditory Distance Percepts vs. Cues in Human Auditory Cortex.

Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO·2026
Same author

A model of the reference frame of the ventriloquism aftereffect and saccade adaptation.

JASA express letters·2026
Same author

Consequences of disrupted spatial perception with hearing aids for "cocktail party" listening.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2025
Same author

Access to "speech glimpses" in multitalker mixtures afforded by non-linear hearing-aid gain with fast-acting compression.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2025
Same author

Convergent evidence for a pitch deficit in hyperfunctional voice disorders.

JASA express letters·2025
Same journal

Sibilant differentiation before and after tongue cancer surgery: Acoustics, kinematics and the role of sensorimotor controla).

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

BioNet-A: Ultrasonic echo representation network for target discrimination using active SONAR.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

Empty soft-drink cans and mass-loaded rods: Analogous homework problems from acoustic and mechanical domains.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Statistical wave field theory: Anisotropic wave fields under Neumann's boundary condition [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 159(3), 2265-2280 (2026)].

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

On the modification of tip leakage noise sources by porous treatment.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
Same journal

An educational opportunity: Acoustics in an empty room.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 14, 2026

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody
09:09

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody

Published on: September 27, 2024

Speech localization in a multitalker mixture.

Norbert Kopco1, Virginia Best, Simon Carlile

  • 1Department Of Cybernetics and AI, Technical University of Kosice, Kosice 04001, Slovakia. kopco@bu.edu

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|March 25, 2010
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Listeners can better localize a target voice in a noisy environment by using prior knowledge of sound source locations. This spatial information significantly improves speech localization accuracy, especially when the target and masker positions differ.

More Related Videos

Sound Source Localization Testing in Single-sided Deafness Following Bone Conduction Intervention
04:32

Sound Source Localization Testing in Single-sided Deafness Following Bone Conduction Intervention

Published on: December 20, 2024

Memorization-Based Training and Testing Paradigm for Robust Vocal Identity Recognition in Expressive Speech Using Event-Related Potentials Analysis
05:48

Memorization-Based Training and Testing Paradigm for Robust Vocal Identity Recognition in Expressive Speech Using Event-Related Potentials Analysis

Published on: August 9, 2024

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 14, 2026

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody
09:09

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody

Published on: September 27, 2024

Sound Source Localization Testing in Single-sided Deafness Following Bone Conduction Intervention
04:32

Sound Source Localization Testing in Single-sided Deafness Following Bone Conduction Intervention

Published on: December 20, 2024

Memorization-Based Training and Testing Paradigm for Robust Vocal Identity Recognition in Expressive Speech Using Event-Related Potentials Analysis
05:48

Memorization-Based Training and Testing Paradigm for Robust Vocal Identity Recognition in Expressive Speech Using Event-Related Potentials Analysis

Published on: August 9, 2024

Area of Science:

  • Auditory Perception
  • Spatial Hearing
  • Acoustic Signal Processing

Background:

  • Speech localization is crucial for understanding in complex auditory environments.
  • Masking sounds spatially distributed can disrupt target speech localization.
  • Listeners may leverage prior knowledge of sound source configurations to improve auditory perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how a priori knowledge of masker locations affects speech localization accuracy.
  • To quantify the benefit of predictable spatial arrangements in auditory scenes.
  • To examine the influence of target-masker spatial relationships on localization performance.

Main Methods:

  • Listeners localized a female target voice among four male voice maskers in frontal audio-visual space.
  • Two conditions were tested: fixed masker locations (known patterns) vs. randomly varying locations.
  • Root-mean-square (rms) error in localization responses was measured.

Main Results:

  • Speech localization accuracy was reduced by maskers, even when target detectability was accounted for.
  • A priori knowledge of masker locations decreased localization error by 20% on average.
  • The benefit was greater (36% error reduction) for targets not coinciding with maskers, with no benefit for coinciding targets.

Conclusions:

  • Listeners utilize expectations about spatial arrangements to enhance speech localization in mixtures.
  • Predictable masker configurations provide a significant advantage for auditory spatial perception.
  • The effectiveness of spatial prior knowledge is influenced by target-masker overlap and intensity ratios.