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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ear Hear. 2011 Jul-Aug;32(4):468–484. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31820dd3f0

Table 5.

Norms for the AB BTE HRTF.

AB BTE Percentile
Condition 5 10 20 25 30 40 50 60 70 75 80 90 95 S.D.
Binaural Noise Front −4.1 −4.4 −4.6 −4.7 −4.8 −5.0 −5.1 −5.3 −5.4 −5.5 −5.6 −5.9 −6.1 0.6
Noise Side −9.3 −9.8 −10.5 −10.8 −11.0 −11.4 −11.8 −12.2 −12.6 −12.9 −13.1 −13.8 −14.4 1.6
Monaural Noise Front −1.3 −1.8 −2.5 −2.8 −3.0 −3.4 −3.8 −4.2 −4.6 −4.9 −5.1 −5.8 −6.4 1.6
Noise Sideipsilateral 2.1 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 −0.2 −0.4 −0.6 −1.0 −1.4 1.1
Noise Sidecontralateral −7.1 −7.5 −7.8 −8.0 −8.1 −8.3 −8.5 −8.7 −9.0 −9.1 −9.2 −9.6 −9.9 0.8
Noise Sidecontralateral- Noise Front −2.8 −3.3 −3.9 −4.2 −4.4 −4.8 −5.1 −5.5 −5.9 −6.1 −6.3 −7.0 −7.5 1.4
Head shadow −7.5 −7.9 −8.3 −8.5 −8.6 −8.9 −9.1 −9.3 −9.6 −9.7 −9.9 −10.3 −10.7 1.0
Binaural Benefit Spatial Release from Masking −4.1 −4.7 −5.3 −5.5 −5.7 −6.1 −6.5 −6.9 −7.3 −7.5 −7.7 −8.3 −8.9 1.4
ITD Spatial Release from Masking −1.5 −2.1 −2.8 −3.1 −3.4 −3.8 −4.2 −4.7 −5.1 −5.4 −5.6 −6.4 −7.0 1.7
ILD Spatial Release from Masking −2.0 −2.3 −2.7 −2.8 −2.9 −3.2 −3.4 −3.6 −3.8 −4.0 −4.1 −4.5 −4.8 0.8
Summation 0.9 0.4 −0.3 −0.5 −0.7 −1.1 −1.5 −1.8 −2.2 −2.4 −2.7 −3.3 −3.8 1.4
Squelch −0.1 −0.7 −1.5 −1.8 −2.1 −2.6 −3.0 −3.5 −4.0 −4.2 −4.5 −5.3 −6.0 1.8
ITD Squelch 1.8 1.2 0.5 0.2 −0.0 −0.5 −0.9 −1.3 −1.8 −2.0 −2.3 −3.1 −3.7 1.7
ILD Squelch 2.6 2.1 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.1 −0.3 −0.7 −1.0 −1.2 −1.9 −2.5 1.6

All values are in dB.