Subject: [AUDITORY] Book Anouncement: The Technology of Binaural Understanding
From: Jonas Braasch <braasj@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:21:32 -0400
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Dear colleagues;
We would like to announce a new book we edited with 25 author chapters:
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030003852
*The Technology of Binaural Understanding**
*Editors: Blauert, Jens, Braasch, Jonas (Eds.)
1st ed. 2020, XI, 815 p. 213 illus., 152 illus. in color.
Series: Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing
We hope it will find an audience among-auditory list members.
Best,
Jonas Braasch and Jens Blauert
*Scope of the Book:*
Sound, devoid of meaning, would not matter to us. It is the information=20
sound conveys that helps the brain to understand its environment. Sound=20
and its underlying meaning are always associated with time and space.=20
There is no sound without spatial properties, and the brain always=20
organizes this information within a temporal=E2=80=93spatial framework. T=
his=20
book is devoted to understanding the importance of meaning for spatial=20
and related further aspects of hearing, including cross-modal inference.=20
People, when exposed to acoustic stimuli, do not react directly to what=20
theyhear but rather to what they hear means to them. This semiotic maxim=20
may not always apply, for instance, when the reactions are reflexive.=20
But, where it does apply, it poses a major challenge to the builders of=20
models of the auditory system. Take, for example, an auditory model that=20
is meant to be implemented on a robotic agent for autonomous=20
search-&-rescue actions. Or think of a system that can perform judgments=20
on the sound quality ofmultimedia-reproduction systems. It becomes=20
immediately clear that such a system needs
=E2=80=A2Cognitive capabilities, including substantial inherent knowledge
=E2=80=A2 The ability to integrate information across different sensory m=
odalities
To realize these functions, the auditory system provides a pair of=20
sensory organs, the two ears, and the means to perform adequate=20
preprocessing of the signals provided by the ears. This is realized in=20
the subcortical parts of the auditory system. In the title of a prior=20
book, the term Binaural Listening is used to indicate a focus on=20
sub-cortical functions. Psychoacoustics and auditory signal processing=20
contribute substantially to this area.
*Table of contents (25 chapters)*
1. Blauert, Jens (et al.): Reflexive and Reflective Auditory Feedback
2. Sutojo, Sarinah (et al.): Auditory Gestalt Rules and Their Application
3. Fels, Janina (et al.): Selective Binaural Attention and Attention=20
Switching
4. Schymura, Christopher (et al.): Blackboard Systems for Cognitive Audit=
ion
5. Majdak, Piotr (et al.): Formation of Three-Dimensional Auditory Space
6. Pecka, Michael (et al.): Biological Aspects of Perceptual Space Format=
ion
7. Lokki, Tapio (et al.): Auditory Spatial Impression in Concert Halls
8. Seeber, Bernhard U. (et al.): Auditory Room Learning and Adaptation=20
to Sound Reflections
9. Kob, Malte (et al.): Room Effect on Musicians=E2=80=99 Performance
10. Braasch, Jonas: Binaural Modeling from an Evolving-Habitat Perspectiv=
e
11. Mendon=C3=A7a, Catarina: Psychophysical Models of Sound Localisation =
with=20
Audiovisual Interactions
12. Pastore, M. Torben (et al.): Cross-Modal and Cognitive Processes in=20
Sound Localization
13. Cohen, Michael (et al.): Spatial Soundscape Superposition and=20
Multimodal Interaction
14. Raake, Alexander (et al.): Binaural Evaluation of Sound Quality and=20
Quality of Experience
15. Weinzierl, Stefan (et al.): The Language of Rooms: From Perception=20
to Cognition to Aesthetic Judgment
16. Mourjopoulos, John: Modeling the Aesthetics of Audio-Scene Reproducti=
on
17. Blauert, Jens: A Virtual Testbed for Binaural Agents
18. Stern, Richard M. (et al.): Binaural Technology for Machine Speech=20
Recognition and Understanding
19. Lavandier, Mathieu (et al.): Modeling Binaural Speech Understanding=20
in Complex Situations
20. Nicol, Rozenn: Creating Auditory Illusions with Spatial-Audio=20
Technologies
21. Brandenburg, Karlheinz (et al.): Creating Auditory Illusions with=20
Binaural Technology
22. Suzuki, Y=C3=B4iti (et al.): Toward Cognitive Usage of Binaural Displ=
ays
23. Cohen-Lhyver, Benjamin (et al.): Audition as a Trigger of Head Moveme=
nts
24. Georganti, Eleftheria (et al.): Intelligent Hearing=20
Instruments=E2=80=94Trends and Challenges
25. May, Tobias (et al.): Scene-Aware Dynamic-Range Compression in=20
Hearing Aids