Haas effect

noun

The phenomenon whereby humans localize sound sources in the direction of the first arriving sound, even in the presence of a single reflection from a different direction.

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Meanings

nounHaas effect (plural Haas effects)

plural Haas effects

  1. The phenomenon whereby humans localize sound sources in the direction of the first arriving sound, even in the presence of a single reflection from a different direction.

Origin

Derived from a 1951 paper by Helmut Haas.

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Haas effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haas%20effect

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“Haas effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haas%20effect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Haas effect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haas%20effect.

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