Subject: Re: question on localization with "horns" From: Volker Hohmann <volker.hohmann@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:33:47 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>noam sobel wrote: > > I remember once reading about an old (19th century?) > study where "horns" inserted into the ears were used > to improve auditory spatial localization in humans, as > a result of the artificially increased distance > between the ears. > Dear Noam, I do not have the reference, but you might be interested in a 'modern' version (http://web12.v1357.ncsrv.de/index.php?show=10), which is on display at our 'hearing garden' (http://www.hoergarten.de/, in German). As a part of their practical training, our students measure several properties like amplification or improvement in the minimum-audible-angle (unpublished data). Best regards, Volker Hohmann -- --------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Volker Hohmann Medizinische Physik Fakultät V - Institut für Physik Universität Oldenburg D - 26111 Oldenburg, Germany Tel. (+49) 441 798 5468 FAX (+49) 441 798 3902 Email: volker.hohmann@xxxxxxxx WWW: http://medi.uni-oldenburg.de Public Key and Key Fingerprint: http://medi.uni-oldenburg.de/members/vh/pubkey_vh_uni.txt C75A 8A8D 9408 28EE FCFD 20CA 1D9F 23CC BAD2 B967 ---------------------------------------------------------