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Klaus Genuit received his PhD in 1984 based for his doctoral thesis titled "A Model for Description of the Exter¬nal-Ear-Trans¬fer¬-Function". For the next years, he led the psychoacoustic working group at the institute "Elektrische Nachrichtentechnik" in Aachen. In coopera¬tion with Daimler Benz (Stuttgart), he developed a new Artificial Head measurement system for the diagnosis and analysis of sound. In 1986 he founded the company HEAD acoustics GmbH which is today a leading contributor in areas of binaural signal pro¬cessing, analysis, auralization of virtual environments, NVH analysis, and telecommunication measurements. Now HEAD acoustics has about 150 employees worldwide. Klaus Genuit is honorary professor at the RWTH Aachen University.