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An Automated System for Sound Localization Testing in Hearing-Impaired Listeners

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Short-Term Statistical Learning Mitigates the Ill-Posed Problem of Sound Localization.

Robert Baumgartner¹, Roberto Barumerli^1,2, Benedikt Brands¹

¹Acoustics Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.

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Summary

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Listeners can quickly adapt auditory spatial decoding by learning sound source spectral patterns. This short-term learning improves sound localization accuracy, reducing errors like front-back confusion.

Keywords:

head-related transfer function (HRTF)perceptual inference perceptual learning source priors spectral-shape cues

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Area of Science:

Auditory perception
Psychoacoustics
Computational neuroscience

Background:

Auditory inference relies on integrating spectral and spatial sound cues.
Listener anatomy shapes spectral cues for sound localization, but source-specific spectra can interfere, creating ambiguity.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if listeners can mitigate auditory inference problems by statistically learning source spectral shapes over short timescales.
To determine if short-term adaptation of spectral priors enhances spatial decoding accuracy.

Main Methods:

A free-field sound localization task was employed.
Participants localized ripple-spectrum sounds under predictable (fixed spectra) and unpredictable (randomized spectra) conditions.

Main Results:

Sound source spectral predictability significantly reduced large-scale localization errors, including front-back reversals and quadrant confusions.
Error reduction of up to 5% was observed within minutes of exposure to predictable spectra.

Conclusions:

Listeners adapt their spatial decoding strategies by exploiting spectral consistency over short stimulus histories.
This demonstrates empirical evidence for short-term updating of spectral priors in auditory inference.
The findings highlight the adaptive nature of the auditory system in resolving spatial ambiguity.