Exploratory analysis on the binaural characteristics of the rowing sound

Pablo F. Hoffmann^*, Dorte Hammershøi^*, Emanuele Ruffaldi^† and Alessandro Fillipeschi^†

^(*) Acoustics, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark
^(†) PERCRO Lab, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy
E-mail: pfh@es.aau.dk, dh@es.aau.dk, e.ruffaldi@sssup.it, a.filippeschi@sssup.it

Abstract

Differences between the signals captured at the entrances to the left and right ears are generally quantified by interaural time differences (ITDs), interaural level differences (ILDs) and interaural crosscorrelation (IC). Here, we attempt to gain knowledge on the changes of these interaural parameters during rowing and to evaluate their potential as source of information to determine rowing expertise exclusively from acoustic signals.