Dissertation in the field of Acoustics and audio signal processing, Olli Santala

The title of thesis is Perception and auditory modeling of spatially complex sound scenarios

The results give new insight on spatial sound perception. Overall, spatial hearing is not accurate in localizing multiple simultaneous sounds as opposed to accuracy in vision. Obtained results help in the development of parametric spatial sound reproduction techniques, as the techniques do not need to reproduce details that are not perceived by human listeners.

Opponent: Professor Steven van de Par, University of Oldenburg, Germany

Supervisor: Professor Ville Pulkki, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics