Subject: Re: pitch shift with age From: Pierre Divenyi <pdivenyi(at)MARVA4.NCSC.MED.VA.GOV> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:47:23 -0700--=====================_-2055569843==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The fact that pitch shift occurs also for virtual pitch/missing fundamental makes the cochlear explanation essentially useless or, at the least, severely incomplete. An alternative explanation proposed (sorry, I don't have the reference at this moment -- maybe someone does?) tied the phenomenon to the well-documented general "slowing down" of nerve activity with age (Birren, J. E. & Fisher, L. M., Annual Review Psychology 46 [1995]). My own experience with this phenomenon has been pretty dramatic: I once had AP (less than 1% error) and currently misjudge a pitch by as much as a whole tone. Pierre Divenyi **************************************************************************** Pierre Divenyi Experimental Audiology Research (151) V.A. Medical Center, Martinez, CA 94553, USA Phone: (925) 370-6745; Fax: (925) 228-5738 E-mail : PDivenyi(at)ucdavis.edu **************************************************************************** --=====================_-2055569843==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> The fact that pitch shift occurs also for virtual pitch/missing fundamental makes the cochlear explanation essentially useless or, at the least, severely incomplete. An alternative explanation proposed (sorry, I don't have the reference at this moment -- maybe someone does?) tied the phenomenon to the well-documented general "slowing down" of nerve activity with age (<font face="MS Sans Serif, Geneva">Birren, J. E. & Fisher, L. M., Annual Review Psychology 46 [1995]). <br> <br> My own experience with this phenomenon has been pretty dramatic: I once had AP (less than 1% error) and currently misjudge a pitch by as much as a whole tone.<br> <br> Pierre Divenyi</font><br> <br> <div>****************************************************************************</div> <div>Pierre Divenyi<x-tab> </x-tab> <x-tab> </x-tab> Experimental Audiology Research (151)</div> <div> V.A. Medical Center, Martinez, CA 94553, USA</div> <div>Phone: (925) 370-6745; Fax: (925) 228-5738</div> <div>E-mail : <x-tab> </x-tab> PDivenyi(at)ucdavis.edu</div> <div>****************************************************************************</div> </html> --=====================_-2055569843==_.ALT-- McGill is running a new version of LISTSERV (1.8d on Windows NT). Information is available on the WEB at http://www.mcgill.ca/cc/listserv