<s>
Auralization	B-Application
is	O
a	O
procedure	O
designed	O
to	O
model	O
and	O
simulate	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
acoustic	O
phenomena	O
rendered	O
as	O
a	O
soundfield	O
in	O
a	O
virtualized	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
term	O
auralization	B-Application
was	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
by	O
Kleiner	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auralizations	B-Application
are	O
experienced	O
through	O
systems	O
rendering	O
virtual	O
acoustic	O
models	O
made	O
by	O
convolving	O
or	O
mixing	O
acoustic	O
events	O
recorded	O
'	O
dry	O
 '	O
(	O
or	O
in	O
an	O
anechoic	O
chamber	O
)	O
projected	O
within	O
a	O
virtual	O
model	O
of	O
an	O
acoustic	O
space	O
,	O
the	O
characteristics	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
determined	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
sampling	O
its	O
impulse	O
response	O
(	O
IR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
this	O
has	O
been	O
determined	O
,	O
the	O
simulation	O
of	O
the	O
resulting	O
soundfield	O
in	O
the	O
target	O
environment	O
is	O
obtained	O
by	O
convolution	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
auralizations	B-Application
to	O
be	O
perceived	O
as	O
realistic	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
critical	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
human	O
hearing	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
position	O
and	O
orientation	O
of	O
the	O
listener	O
's	O
head	O
with	O
respect	O
to	O
the	O
sources	O
of	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
