Subject: simple pseudophones? From: Michael Neelon <mneelon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:05:41 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_39O78TeIihY/X4T+9lebXA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Hi=2C A colleague of mine and I would like to do some in-class exercises in sp= atial auditory perception using a version of the pseudophone (example=3A= =A0 http=3A//www3=2Euakron=2Eedu/ahap/apparatus/apparatus=2Ephtml=3Fcode= =5Fid=3D1=26app=5Fid=3D34) Does anyone have any good ideas how to make a quick=2C =22homemade=22 ve= rsion of such a device=3F=A0 Ideally=2C it would be cheap and simple so = that several could be constructed for use by multiple groups of students= =2E=A0 E=2Eg=2E=2C taking two stethoscopes and putting the horns on one = side of the head while directing the ear pieces to the contralateral ear= =2E=A0 A more expensive version might try this with two monaural persona= l listener amplifiers used by the hearing impaired for conversation or T= V listening=2C but I=27m not familiar with how well they work and the co= st might be prohibitive=2E Any ideas or anecdotes on experiences with such attempts (e=2Eg=2E=2C do= n=27t bother=2C it won=27t work!) would be greatly appreciated=2E=A0 Tha= nks! Mike Neelon Dept=2E of Psychology UNC-Asheville mneelon=40unca=2Eedu --Boundary_(ID_39O78TeIihY/X4T+9lebXA) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline =3Cbr=3EHi=2C=3Cbr=3E=3Cbr=3EA colleague of mine and I would like to do = some in-class exercises in spatial auditory perception using a version o= f the pseudophone (example=3A=26nbsp=3B http=3A//www3=2Euakron=2Eedu/aha= p/apparatus/apparatus=2Ephtml=3Fcode=5Fid=3D1=26amp=3Bapp=5Fid=3D34)=3Cb= r=3E=3Cbr=3EDoes anyone have any good ideas how to make a quick=2C =22ho= memade=22 version of such a device=3F=26nbsp=3B Ideally=2C it would be c= heap and simple so that several could be constructed for use by multiple= groups of students=2E=26nbsp=3B E=2Eg=2E=2C taking two stethoscopes and= putting the horns on one side of the head while directing the ear piece= s to the contralateral ear=2E=26nbsp=3B A more expensive version might t= ry this with two monaural personal listener amplifiers used by the heari= ng impaired for conversation or TV listening=2C but I=27m not familiar w= ith how well they work and the cost might be prohibitive=2E=3Cbr=3E=3Cbr= =3EAny ideas or anecdotes on experiences with such attempts (e=2Eg=2E=2C= don=27t bother=2C it won=27t work!) would be greatly appreciated=2E=26n= bsp=3B Thanks!=3Cbr=3E=3Cbr=3EMike Neelon=3Cbr=3EDept=2E of Psychology=3C= br=3EUNC-Asheville=3Cbr=3Emneelon=40unca=2Eedu=3Cbr=3E --Boundary_(ID_39O78TeIihY/X4T+9lebXA)--