Biomaterial Database

Interaural octave phase-shift detection and aural harmonic distortion. 1984

T J Ayres, and T D Clack

A continuous 400-Hz tone (60-75 dB SPL) and 250-msec bursts of an 800-Hz tone (10 dB SL) were delivered dichotically. Four out of nine listeners were able to detect a 180 degree interaural phase shift. When a subaudible continuous 800-Hz tone was added to the ear with the 400-Hz tone, interaural phase-shift detection depended on the phase relation of the added tone to the 400-Hz tone. These results are shown to be consistent with the hypothesis of aural harmonic distortion.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010469	Perceptual Distortion	Lack of correspondence between the way a stimulus is commonly perceived and the way an individual perceives it under given conditions.	Distortion, Perceptual,Distortions, Perceptual,Perceptual Distortions
D010470	Perceptual Masking	The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness.	Masking, Perceptual,Maskings, Perceptual,Perceptual Maskings
D010897	Pitch Discrimination	The ability to differentiate sound frequency or pitch.	Discrimination, Pitch,Pitch Discriminations
D011571	Psychoacoustics	The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound.	Psychoacoustic
D004292	Dominance, Cerebral	Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other in cerebral functions.	Cerebral Dominance,Hemispheric Specialization,Dominances, Cerebral,Specialization, Hemispheric
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001288	Attention	Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating.	Focus of Attention,Selective Attention,Social Attention,Attention Focus,Attention, Selective,Attention, Social,Selective Attentions