Re: [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer function"?

Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer function"?

From: "Richard F. Lyon" <dicklyon@xxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:38:16 -0800

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On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 6:46 AM, Marc Schoenwiesner <marcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

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