A selection procedure was devised in order to select listeners for experiments in which their main task will be to judge multi-channel reproduced sound. 91 participants filled in a web-based questionnaire. 78 of them took part in an assessment of their hearing thresholds, their spatial hearing, and their verbal production abilities. The listeners displayed large individual differences in their performance. 40 subjects were selected based on the test results. The self-assessed listening habits and experience in the web-questionnaire could not predict the results of the selection procedure. Further, the hearing thresholds did not correlate with the spatial-hearing test. This leads to the conclusion that task-specific performance tests might be the preferable means of selecting a listening panel.

Authors: Wickelmaier, Florian; Choisel, Sylvain
Affiliation: Aalborg University
AES Convention: 118 (May 2005) Paper Number: 6483
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
Subject: Psychoacoustics, Perception, Listening Tests

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