Spatial Resolution of Late Reverberation in Virtual Acoustic Environments.

Late reverberation involves the superposition of many sound reflections, approaching the properties of a diffuse sound field. Since the spatially resolved perception of individual late reflections is impossible, simplifications can potentially be made for modelling late reverberation in room acoustics simulations with reduced spatial resolution. Such simplifications are desired for interactive, real-time virtual acoustic environments with applications in hearing research and for the evaluation of hearing supportive devices.