Everything about Sound localization

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Sound localizationA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: A survey of sound source localization with deep learning methodsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Binaural and spatial hearing in real and virtual environmentsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Localization of sound in roomsCited 211 times
5. Go sideways: Perceptual-based 3D sound localizationA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Virtual acoustic spaceA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Localization of sound in rooms

  W. M. Hartmann · 1983 · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 211 citations

• Monaural sound localization revisited

  Frederic L. Wightman, Doris J. Kistler · 1997 · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 187 citations

• Sound localization: Jeffress and beyond

  Go Ashida, Catherine E Carr · 2011 · Current Opinion in Neurobiology · 132 citations

• On Sound Localization

  Hans Wallach · 1939 · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 118 citations

• Enhanced Sound Localization

  B. Mungamuru, P. Aarabi · 2004 · IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Cybernetics) · 99 citations

• Head Movements During Sound Localization

  Willard R. Thurlow, John W. Mangels, Philip S. Runge · 1967 · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 95 citations

• Sound source localization

  M. Risoud, J.-N. Hanson, F. Gauvrit · 2018 · European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases · 94 citations

• Neural Mechanisms for Sound Localization

  R B Masterton, T J Imig · 1984 · Annual Review of Physiology · 70 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• A survey of sound source localization with deep learning methods

  Pierre-Amaury Grumiaux, Srđan Kitić, Laurent Girin · 2022 · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 343 citations

• Performance benchmarking of microbubble-localization algorithms for ultrasound localization microscopy

  Baptiste Heiles, Arthur Chavignon, Vincent Hingot · 2022 · Nature Biomedical Engineering · 264 citations

• Functional ultrasound localization microscopy reveals brain-wide neurovascular activity on a microscopic scale

  Noémi Renaudin, Charlie Demené, Alexandre Dizeux · 2022 · Nature Methods · 217 citations

• A Review on Sound Source Localization Systems

  Dhwani Desai, Ninad Mehendale · 2022 · Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering · 99 citations

• Drone Audition: Sound Source Localization Using On-Board Microphones

  Wageesha Manamperi, Thushara D. Abhayapala, Jihui Zhang · 2022 · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing · 73 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Binaural and spatial hearing in real and virtual environmentsTimothy R. Anderson · 1997
• Directional hearingWilliam A. Yost · 1987
• Räumliches HörenJens Blauert · 1974
• Sailing the Carolina SoundsJames T. Cheatham · 1993
• A maritime history of the Stamford waterfrontKaren Jewell · 2010
• Muscle shoalsLaura Flynn Tapia, Yoshie Lewis · 2007
• Walking the beach to BellinghamHarvey Manning · 1986
• 📕Curating Oral Histories, Second EditionNancy MacKay · 2015

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

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