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dummy head

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noun

  1. a model of the human head with a microphone in each ear intended to receive sound in binaural and surround sound reproduction and transmission

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Those standards require that helmet manufacturers evaluate their product’s safety performance by dropping a helmeted dummy head made of magnesium about 6.5 feet onto a variety of steel anvils.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2023

Facebook released a photo of a prototype in-ear monitor on a dummy head as well as a picture of team members wearing headphones that look more like Valve’s off-ear Index speakers.

From The Verge • Sep. 3, 2020

Two brands of football helmets were outfitted with the add-ons and placed on a crash test dummy head and neck.

From US News • Feb. 25, 2015

"There are binaural recordings using two microphones at an appropriate distance apart used within a dummy head to try to reproduce effects of your normal hearing," says Rosenberg.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2011

Miss Love held up the dummy head with the pink velour wrapping, turning it this way and that to get the effect.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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