Evaluation of bone-conduction headsets for use in multitalker communication environments

Bruce N. Walker; Raymond M. Stanley; Nandini Iyer; Brian D. Simpson; Douglas S. Brungart

Evaluation of bone-conduction headsets for use in multitalker communication environments

Bruce N. Walker, Raymond M. Stanley, Nandini Iyer, Brian D. Simpson, Douglas S. Brungart

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Abstract

Standard audio headphones are useful in many applications, but they cover the ears of the listener and thus may impair the perception of ambient sounds. Bone-conduction headphones offer a possible alternative, but traditionally their use has been limited to monaural applications due to the high propagation speed of sound in the human skull. Here we show that stereo bone-conduction headsets can be used to provide a limited amount of interaural isolation in a dichotic speech perception task. The results suggest that reliable spatial separation is possible with bone-conduction headsets, but that they probably cannot be used to lateralize signals to extreme left or right apparent locations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, HFES 2005
Pages	1615-1619
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2005 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 26 Sep 2005 → 30 Sep 2005

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Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Conference	49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	26/09/05 → 30/09/05

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Walker, BN, Stanley, RM, Iyer, N, Simpson, BD & Brungart, DS 2005, Evaluation of bone-conduction headsets for use in multitalker communication environments. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, HFES 2005. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 1615-1619, 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2005, Orlando, FL, United States, 26/09/05.

Evaluation of bone-conduction headsets for use in multitalker communication environments. / Walker, Bruce N.; Stanley, Raymond M.; Iyer, Nandini et al.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, HFES 2005. 2005. p. 1615-1619 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society).

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