@inproceedings{5d062ca5196c406ab276daec627db1f4,
title = "Binaural sound reproduction beamforming using spherical microphone arrays",
abstract = "Currently employed microphone arrays usually have a single-channel output, such that no spatial information can be perceived by a human listener. However, spatial information may trigger spatial mechanisms in the human auditory system which can improve the intelligibility. This work presents a mathematical framework for the binaural beamforming approach for the ideal and order-limited representation in the spherical harmonics domain. The performance of the proposed binaural beamformer is compared to that of a monaural maximum directivity beamformer using objective signal-based measures and subjective listening tests. It is shown that using the binaural beamformer results in higher intelligibility than the monaural beamformer.",
keywords = "Beamforming, Binaural sound reproduction, Head-related transfer functions, Microphone arrays, Spherical Harmonics",
author = "Shabtai, {Noam R.} and Boaz Rafaely",
year = "2013",
month = oct,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6637617",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781479903566",
series = "ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings",
pages = "101--105",
booktitle = "2013 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2013 - Proceedings",
note = "2013 38th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2013 ; Conference date: 26-05-2013 Through 31-05-2013",
}