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Head shadow

A head shadow (or acoustic shadow) is a region of reduced amplitude of a sound because it is obstructed by the head. It is an example of diffraction.

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Head shadow

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples39
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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Head shadow

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related to Sources · 38
Head shadow → April, Bradley, Cherish, Cole, Contribution, Directionality, Ear Hear, Erika, Gray, Haese, Head, HJ, Int, JNEUROSCI, June, Kesser, Laurel, Lincoln, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green
causes · 1
Head shadow → particular difficulty in sound localisation in people suffering from unilateral hearing loss

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head sound hearing amplitude shadow ear doi timbre 10 effects reduced obstruction filtering localisation directional loss pmid 2004 intensity effect

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Head shadowcausesparticular difficulty in sound localisation in people suffering from unilateral hearing loss0.90text
Head shadowrelated to SourcesLock-green0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesLock-red-alt-20.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesWikisource-logo0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesGray0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesLincoln0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesKesser0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesBradley0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesCole0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesErika0.60section
Head shadowrelated to SourcesSeptember0.60section

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