Subject: Re: Speech intelligibility and spatial information From: Qiang Fu <qfu(at)ELE.URI.EDU> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:41:17 -0400After all, I don't think there is a strong relationship between the eyes and ears. We would like to close our eyes when we are trying to "concentrate", which helps us listen carefully. (For instance, enjoying a concert.) The "concentrating" seems to be the key. We just use our mind to revise the coeffients of the filters in the ear. I have such experiences that I can understand a foriegn language better if I close my eyes and make a concentration. Qiang Fu On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, [X-UNKNOWN] Tóth László wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Al Bregman wrote: > > > That's my impression too. It seems that I can focus on sounds > > more precisely with my eyes open. > > > Does this hold for music as well, or only for speech? > I think that most people listen to music with eyes closed(?). > > Laszlo Toth > Hungarian Academy of Sciences * > Research Group on Artificial Intelligence * "Failure only begins > e-mail: tothl(at)inf.u-szeged.hu * when you stop trying" > http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~tothl * >