Subject: [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? From: Marc Schoenwiesner <marcs@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:46:44 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_2120B06B-5600-45B4-B989-0405226D54D2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear all, does anyone know who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? = The first mention in a paper (as far as I have been able to determine) = is by Frederic Wightman and Doris Kistler in 1988, but they write: = "...the free-field-to-eardrum transfer function (sometimes called the = head-related transfer function, or HRTF)...", which sounds like there = must be an earlier source. Best, Marc =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Vice Dean Dept of Life Sciences Professor of Neurobiology Department of Biology University of Leipzig Talstrasse 33 __o 04103 Leipzig _`\<,_ +493419736723 (+) / (+) & Department of Psychology University of Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/ http://uni-leipzig.de/~acn/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --Apple-Mail=_2120B06B-5600-45B4-B989-0405226D54D2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><span= style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class=3D"">Dear = all,</span><div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: = HelveticaNeue-Light;"><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;">does anyone know who coined = the term "head-related transfer function"? The first mention in a = paper (as far as I have been able to determine) is by Frederic Wightman = and Doris Kistler in 1988, but they write: "...the free-field-to-eardrum = transfer function (sometimes called the head-related transfer function, = or HRTF)...", which sounds like there must be an earlier = source.</div><div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: = HelveticaNeue-Light;"><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;">Best,</div><div class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;">Marc</div><div class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;"><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D<br class=3D"">Vice Dean Dept of Life Sciences</div><div = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Professor of = Neurobiology<br class=3D"">Department of Biology<br = class=3D"">University of Leipzig<br class=3D"">Talstrasse 33 = __o<br class=3D"">04103 Leipzig = _`\<,_<br class=3D"">+493419736723 = (+) / (+)<br class=3D"">& Department of Psychology<br = class=3D"">University of Montreal<br class=3D"">Montreal, = Quebec, Canada<br class=3D""><a href=3D"http://www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca" = class=3D"">www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca</a><br = class=3D"">www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/<br = class=3D"">http://uni-leipzig.de/~acn/<br = class=3D"">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D</div></div> </div> <br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_2120B06B-5600-45B4-B989-0405226D54D2--