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Early reflection is an important component in an enclosed sound field. Due to the precedence effect, the early reflection may not be the dominant factor in sound source localization; however, it still has obvious influences on spatial position, loudness, timbre, and etc. Till now, there have sparse studies on evaluation of the audible threshold of early reflections with lacking of general and quantitative results. This work investigated the audible threshold of early reflection with a simplified sound field model under various experimental conditions including the combination of eight incidence angles and five time delays. Three-down-one-up adaptive strategy with three-interval three-alternative forced-choice (3I-3AFC) paradigm was used due to its efficiency and robustness. Results indicate that (1) the audible threshold of early reflections decreases monotonically with increasing time delay relative to the direct sound. Furthermore, a linear equation between early reflection threshold and time delay is established with correlation coefficient higher than 0.9; (2) When the direct sound and the reflection locate in the same half-plane, the audible threshold of early reflections decreases with increasing angle deviation between the direct sound and the reflection. Moreover, a front-back symmetry of early reflection threshold is observed for stimuli below 5 kHz; (3) Considerable variations in early reflection threshold are found among individuals, especially at large angle deviation and time delay of early reflections relative to the direct sound.

Audible Threshold of Early Reflections with Different Orientations and Delays