Questions tagged [hearing]
For questions regarding the sensation (transduction) and perception of sound information by the brain in humans and animals
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How can someone asleep recognize a very brief sound?
I have a snoring girlfriend. To interrupt her snoring, I make a sound similar to the very brief sound gas makes when opening a soda can or bottle (had a snoring brother, I know this technique works ...
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Proportion of cortex dedicated for vision and hearing
I have read in some websites that the percentage of the cortex devoted to processing visual information is from 30-66% with some claiming even 90%. And compared to that, only about 3% is dedicated to ...
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Is it possible to condition oneself to not be bothered by distressing sounds?
It is my (layman's) understanding that a domestic cat learns to meow in a specific tone (I've even read that it can resemble a human baby crying) in order to get the owner's attention.
Regardless of ...
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What are the temporal limits of the auditory system?
I would like to know what the time scale is of the human ear. I mean, what is the shortest duration of a sound that a human ear can notice
and what is the longest duration of a sound that a human ear ...
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Is speech perceived as set of phonemes by human?
I am currently trying to understand how speech is being perceived and understood. I am currently aware of the workings of inner ears and the basilar membrane and its frequency filtering, but going ...
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What timing of visual emphasis paired with a spoken word provides the best cognition? [closed]
I am working on an animation in which there are three somewhat small font words (Environmental, Social, and Economic) together with three colored horizontal histogram bars on each side of the labels ...
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What is the bias called when listening to the same sound repeatedly?
When people are made to listen to the same sounds repeatedly, it can trigger placebo effects, i.e., they think they've heard something new or different the $ Nth $ time around, when in fact they haven'...
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How do congenitally deaf and mute people think?
If a person is born deaf and dumb, how can they think? In "what language" do these people think? Do they develop their own inner language?
Unfortunately I have not found an answer, and I actually ...
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Can binaural beats be generated with carrier tones outside the audible frequency range?
I know that binaural beats are a controversial subject, as they might not work for everyone. In my own tests on myself I shuffled multiple recordings of binaural beats, with stereo headphones on, not ...
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Why I read by hearing the words?
This question requires very little background:
1. English is my second language and I find myself thinking mostly in it
2. I tend to listen more than to read it
When I read a book from the computer ...
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Hard to think when hearing audible speech
I don't know what is the exact cause of this but when there is some song playing around me or someone is talking near me its harder for me to concentrate my thoughts or imagine something. However pure ...
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Do non-human primates exhibit the Kiki/Bouba effect?
After understanding that cats cannot experience the Kiki/Bouba effect, I wonder if smart non-human primates can experience it. There is evidence suggesting that Chimpanzees associate high pitch with ...
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Interclick interval resolution of the ear
Let's say I have an almost perfect metronome which ticks at 60 beats per minute, except for one beat that is slightly off from time to time.
What's the maximum error this metronome can have without a ...
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Why do people tap their foot to music?
When listening to music, I often see people tap their feet either to the main beat or the dominating rhythm of the music.
Why do people do this?
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What is the difference between noise reduction and noise cancellation?
I had a question about sirens in another section which led to a question in physics section...and I was told my question is more suitable for cognitive science. So here it goes:
There are many kinds ...
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Does “hearing” give off an electronic signal? [closed]
I'm thinking in terms of the middle ear and the very intricate and tiny bones that process a "sound wave" into "what we hear." Is there an output to the middle ear ossicle chain bones such that a ...
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How does the inner ear encode sound intensity?
Different areas of the inner ear (the cochlea) are sensitive to different acoustic frequencies. Hence, the cochlea basically performs a fast Fourier transform on the audio signal. This spectral ...
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What is the maximum time difference to still associate an acoustic and visual event?
I am developing a game where the music needs to be synchronized to the actual game logic. That means that some objects in the game react to events in the music. Of course, the music will never be ...
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Can people with absolute pitch identify the exact frequency, or simply the pitch class?
Absolute pitch can be defined as the ability to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone.
When people claim to have absolute pitch, does this mean they have ...
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What is the effect of gradual increase of speech speed on speech comprehension?
When I am watching a YouTube video with normal speed I can understand everything with no problem. When I speed up the video to 1.25x my understanding of what someone is saying is a bit worse, but ...
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Hearing Loss and Potentially hearing more
I've been diagnosed since I was younger (2nd grade) with a hearing impairment. Basically the nerve hairs on my cochlea are burned and I don't pick up 70% of the frequencies around me in my right ear.
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What are the brain regions related to tinnitus shown in this figure?
I am interested in learning about the neural mechanisms behind tinnitus, and was wondering if someone could help me to name the parts of the brain on this image that show increased activity in ...
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Why can good music raise goosebumps?
Listening to really good music right now, I was wondering why it raises goosebumps.
Is there any physiological reason for this reaction to specific wavelengths or something?
Due sometimes strong ...
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Is there a difference between hearing and decoding the sound?
I presume that deafness is the inability of hearing any sounds. And I presume that it may also be possible to be less able to decode sounds. In other words, an inability to translate or understand the ...
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Acoustic and light wave coherency?
I know how some music notes combinations sound pleasing, yet others do not. Does the same occur with different frequencies of light (colors)? Since spectral color and acoustic pitch are both defined ...
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Which is the shortest duration for a pitch difference in audio signals to be perceived by the human auditory system?
If I have two short audio signals, for example pure tone C4 and C#4, so half-tone difference, how short can they be that the human can hear the difference in pitch? Was there any blind-experiment/...
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Is there scientific evidence on the benefits of binaural beats?
When two coherent sounds with nearly similar frequencies are presented to each ear respectively with stereo headphones, the brain integrates the two signals and produces a sensation of a third sound ...
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Why low audio frequencies seem to detune after an intense workout? [closed]
After a specially intense workout (biking, running...), listening to music with headphones, I hear the music pitch has dropped slightly. What I find odd is that not all parts of the sound are detuned, ...
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Are there any recorded cases of hearing the outside world while in a coma?
There are plenty of stories flying around of people having been in a coma, but able to hear the outside world. They usually include either hearing malicious things said by staff, or encouragement by ...
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Do we only hear what we want to hear?
When I Google this, the results are about misinterpreting what we hear to suit what we want or expect. However, I'm interested to know if we ignore specific things we hear and focus on things we are ...
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Why does your recorded or objective voice sound different to what you hear in your own head?
When speaking, I hear my own voice very differently from how others do and from what it really is. The sound differs in tone, pitch, volume, etc. For example, recordings of my singing or speaking in ...
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What delay between two audio sources is seen as “noticeable” to most people?
I'm completing a project that involves synchronising two audio sources over a network, and I need to find some figures that represent what kind delay would be seen as "noticeable".
I've tried ...
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How do certain frequencies of sound induce psychological states?
As one example, a specific low frequency beyond our hearing perception can make people feel nauseous and even vomit.
I'm sure there are more documented studies surrounding the correlation of auditory ...
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How to analyze auditory steady state responses?
How does one usually go about analyzing the auditory steady state response (ASSR)? I have data where speech was amplitude modulated to a 40 Hz sine tone. There's 3.5 minutes of data; should I just ...
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Inducing Auditory-to-Visual Synesthesia
I recently watched an interesting video that was discussing conveying color to the blind through language. It implied that there may be a way to insert the sensation of color into a person's mind via ...
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What's the frequency of the ringing in my ear?
I have ringing in my ears that has become constant over time. Most of the time I just ignore it, to tell you the truth I can't even remember when it started. Lately I'm curious what the frequency of ...
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How does appreciation for music change over time for the same person?
I know that there's a concept of acquired taste, where a child may find certain tastes, like peppers and beer unappealing until certain age or frequency of exposure.
Is there something similar to ...
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How effective are high audio frequencies in commercials in getting audience attention?
Does anyone know of a peer reviewed article that describes how commercials will often contain high audio frequencies in order to attract the viewer's attention?
Referrals to commercials using any ...
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How many times can someone listen to a song before he/she stops enjoying it? [closed]
How many repetitions do we need to get tired of listening to a song over and over again? I want to know if some kind of average number of repetitions exisits.
Is there any research related to this ...
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Do people wake up faster with inconsistent alarm sounds?
Many people have one alarm clock sound that wakes them up every morning.
Is having this consistent sound the optimal way to wake someone up?
Or can you startle someone faster by changing to a ...
