The IHA da abase o human geome ies including o so, head
and comple e ou e ea s o acous ic esea ch
License:
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and edis ibu e he da a, p o ided you may no use he da a o comme cial pu poses, you a ibu e he o iginal
sou ce [1, 2] and edis ibu ions a e made unde a simila license. ©Jade Hochschule, Oldenbu g, Ins i u ü
Hö echnik und Audiologie (IHA).
Au ho s:
Reinhild Roden
Ins i u ü Hö echnik und Audiologie
Jade Hochschule Oldenbu g, O ene S . 16/19, 26121 Oldenbu g, Ge many
e-mail: einhild. [email protected]
Ma hias Blau
Ins i u ü Hö echnik und Audiologie
Jade Hochschule Oldenbu g, O ene S . 16/19, 26121 Oldenbu g, Ge many
and Clus e o Excellence “Hea ing4All“
e-mail: ma [email protected]
Las upda e: 25 No embe 2025
Con en :
This is he second e sion o he IHA da abase, which is being c ea ed in he p ojec HAPPAA C1 unded by he
Deu sche Fo schungsgemeinscha (DFG) – P ojek numme 352015383 - SFB 1330 C1.
(h ps://uol.de/en/s b-1330-hea ing-acous ics)
The da abase includes he en i e sample o 58 human geome ies comp ising he o so, head and he en i e
ou e ea including he ea canal and ea d um. The da a a e a ailable in he 3D objec o ma ‘s l’. Table 1
summa izes he sex, age, heigh , and weigh o he s udy pa icipan s a he ime o da a collec ion.
Table 1: demog aphic da a o he subjec s, as well as body measu emen s
geome y
numbe
sex
age [yea s]
heigh [cm]
weigh [kg]
1
w
28
174
57
2
m
53
184
75
3
w
33
170
57
4
w
21
172
65
5
m
27
193
90
6
m
41
177
80
7
m
26
181
90
8
w
30
167
61
9
m
27
180
75
10
m
39
186
84
11
m
30
170
76
12
m
35
178
85
13
m
36
185
68
14
m
23
180
65
15
w
23
172
60
16
m
21
193
120
17
w
22
170
53
18
w
24
170
62
19
m
35
175
73
20
w
44
169
70
21
w
60
166
50
22
w
80
175
80
23
m
27
184
75
24
w
33
175
140
25
m
54
178
96
26
m
64
178
78
27
w
48
176
75
28
w
69
168
74
29
m
40
188
75
30
m
59
182
93
31
m
48
177
75
32
w
47
161
66
33
w
56
165
57
34
m
74
174
80
35
w
53
172
87
36
w
72
168
67
37
w
73
166
71
38
m
56
188
105
39
m
28
172
69
40
m
44
186
98
41
w
68
172
68
42
m
30
192
95
43
m
72
175
84
44
w
48
179
72
45
m
53
185
70
46
w
69
168
71
47
w
75
170
64
48
w
71
165
70
49
w
47
150
40
50
m
71
172
73
51
m
73
181
79
52
w
44
165
60
53
w
56
165
59
54
m
24
182
90
55
w
74
167
97
56
m
74
176
82
57
w
35
179
74
58
w
35
173
68
Me hods o c ea ion & accu acy
By he use o a ious op ical hand-held 3D scanne s, as well as magne ic esonance imaging (MRI), subjec ’s
head, o so and ou e ea geome ies wi h he ea canals and he ea d ums we e de e mined.
The acquisi ion o indi idual geome ies is desc ibed in [1]. The e he assessmen o he subjec s, scanning o
head, o so and ou e ea geome ies, he imaging o he medial pa o he ea canal and he assembling o he
geome y is explained in de ail.
The in e au al cen e o each geome y was placed app oxima ely a he coo dina e o igin using he le and
igh agus and he ip o he nose. The geome ies we e unca ed 0.5 m below he xy-plane.
The inal e-meshing was done in COMSOL 5.6. wi h pa ame e s ha can be seen in Table 2.
Table 2: pa ame e s o he e-meshing de ining he inal accu acy
su ace
Min elemen
size [mm]
Max elemen
size [mm]
Max elemen
g ow h a e
Cu a u e
ac o
Resolu ion o
na ow egions
ou e ea s
0.01
0.4
1.3
5
10
head
2
3
1.5
5
5
ace
30
30
1.5
0.6
0.01
o so
5
10
1.5
0.6
2
head
ace
ou e ea
o so
Figu e 1: example o geome y 3, showing single su aces and he ine esolu ion o he ou e ea
Re e ences:
[1] Roden, R. & Blau, M. (2020). The IHA da abase o human geome ies including o so, head and comple e
ou e ea s o acous ic esea ch, in P oc. In e noise, Seoul, Ko ea, Aug. 2020, pp. 4226-4237.
h ps://www.ingen aconnec .com/con en /ince/incecp/2020/00000261/00000002/a 00026
[2] Roden, R., & Blau, M. (2025). “The IHA da abase o human geome ies including o so, head and
comple e ou e ea s o acous ic esea ch. V2,” DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16949997.
Funding:
Funded by he Deu sche Fo schungsgemeinscha (DFG, Ge man Resea ch
Founda ion) – P ojec ID 352015383 – SFB 1330 C 1
