Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 5 Mar 2007 to 6 Mar 2007 (#2007-54) From: "Watson, Charles S." <watson@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:26:51 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>List, (hope this one gets through, an earlier version seems to have disappeared) In response to the query from Nikki Rikard, the Test of Basic Auditory Capabilities (TBAC) was originally developed in 1982, but was only described in a couple of abstracts. We hesitated to publish our findings at the time. While the most interesting result was the low correlations between speech recognition and measures of spectral-temporal acuity, the TBAC speech measures were insufficient to support any strong conclusion about there being distinct auditory abilities for processing speech and nonspeech stimuli. Quite a bit later, Aimee Surprenant (2001) and I extended the TBAC to include several additional speech tests, got the same result, and did publish it. Humes and Christopherson (1992) had also ran some reliability tests on the TBAC and found it to be a relatively stable battery. Those articles include enough details to reproduce the TBAC stimuli. We have made copies for other investigators in the past, and are in the process of generating a new version for distribution on CD. Since we are on this topic, forgive me if I add that Kidd, Gygi and I (2000) further extended the TBAC to include some other psychoacoustic measures (gap detection, gap discrimination, SAM noises, ripple noise) and environmental sounds and, using factor analyses, found speech and environmental sound recognition to be grouped in a common factor, while three other factors included various measures of spectral-temporal acuity...that work is under review. Our general conclusion now is that a great deal of the variance in familiar sound recognition (we call it the "FSR Ability") reflects not spectral-temporal acuity, but the ability to recognize auditory wholes on the basis of fragments...some listeners need more fragments than others. Grossly deficient spectral or temporal acuity, as in the case of some hearing impaired listeners or by normals listening to low-order vocoded speech, is of course going to reduce recognition performance. But the great majority of listeners with normal audiograms have sufficient spectral-temporal acuity that their recognition scores appear to be limited by their FSR skills rather than by their differential acuity. Among other things this means that speech is a dandy code, since a considerable range of spectral and temporal resolving power has little impact on our ability to process it. Chuck Watson Surprenant, A. M. and Watson, C.S. (2001) Individual differences in the processing of speech and nonspeech sounds by normal-hearing listeners. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 110, 2085-95. Humes, L. E. and Christopherson, L. A. (1992) Some Psychometric Properties of the Test of Basic Auditory Capabilities (TBAC) Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 35 929-935. Kidd, G. R., Watson, C. S. and Gygi, B. (2000) Individual differences in auditory abilities among normal-hearing listeners (A) J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108, 2641-2642 -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of AUDITORY automatic digest system Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:05 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: AUDITORY Digest - 5 Mar 2007 to 6 Mar 2007 (#2007-54) There are 4 messages totalling 364 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. 8th Annual IMRF meeting 2. USB audio 3. tests of auditory temporal processing 4. Summer School in Systematic Musicology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:18:49 +0900 From: Dave Van Valkenburg <dvanv@xxxxxxxx> Subject: 8th Annual IMRF meeting --Apple-Mail-16--559082092 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi All, My apologies for any cross-postings: A call for papers for the 8th annual IMRF meeting has been =20 temporarily extended. If you are interested (or thinking about =20 getting interested), please go to the site listed below... or feel =20 free to contact me directly. dave van v <<<<< Call for papers & symposia >>>>>> IMRF 2007, Sydney, Australia. July 4th to 8th The International Multisensory Research Forum's 8th annual meeting will be held in Sydney Australia in 2007. With numbers growing year by year, the IMRF meeting has become the major event for multisensory research. The IMRF scientific committee is calling for abstracts to be submitted for oral and poster presentations, as well as for suggestions for 2 hour symposium sessions. All 5 senses are represented at IMRF in a multi-disciplinary forum. Many scientific approaches are represented at IMRF, including: =95 Electrophysiology =95 Evoked potentials & psychophysiology =95 Animal behavior =95 Human psychophysics =95 Neurophysiology =95 Cognitive psychology =95 Speech perception =95 Brain imaging =95 Computational modeling The IMRF meeting also inlcudes a Graduate Student Symposium. A small number of graduate students will be selected by the scientific committee to present their work in a specially dedicted symposium showcasing talented work from gradudate students. Selected students will have their conference expenses subsidized. All intending IMRF participants should submit a 200-word abstract at the conference web site: http://imfr.mcmaster.ca/IMRF/2007 Key dates for IMRF 2007: SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS including topic, abstract and confirmed speakers are due by: February 2nd, 2007. REGULAR ABSTRACTS are due by March 5th 2007. (DEADLINE HAS BEEN =20 EXTENDED) EARLY REGISTRATION closes April 13th 2007. _________________ David L. Van Valkenburg University of Western Australia, School of Psychology 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia Phone: 011 61 08 6488 3257 Fax: 011 61 08 6488 1006 Email: dvanv@xxxxxxxx http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/about/staff/david_van_valkenburg --Apple-Mail-16--559082092 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi All,=A0<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My apologies for any = cross-postings:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A call for papers for the = 8th annual IMRF meeting has been=A0temporarily extended. 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Selected students will = have their conference expenses</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">subsidized.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">All intending IMRF participants should submit a = 200-word abstract</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">at the conference web = site:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://imfr.mcmaster.ca/IMRF/2007">http://imfr.mcmaster.ca/IMRF/ 20= 07</A></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Key dates for IMRF 2007:</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS including topic, abstract and = confirmed=A0</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0= =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A0speakers=A0are due by: February 2nd, 2007.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">REGULAR ABSTRACTS are due by March 5th 2007. = (DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED)</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">EARLY = REGISTRATION closes April 13th 2007.</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: = 14.0px"><BR></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">_________________</FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">David L. Van Valkenburg</FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">University of Western Australia, School of = Psychology</FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">35 = Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia</FONT></P><P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Phone: 011 61 08 6488 = 3257</FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Fax: 011 = 61 08 6488 1006</FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Email: <A = href=3D"mailto:dvanv@xxxxxxxx">dvanv@xxxxxxxx</A></FONT></P> <A= = href=3D"http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/about/staff/david_van_valkenbur g"= >http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/about/staff/david_van_valkenburg</A><B R = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> = </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-16--559082092-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:09:53 +0000 From: majorfatal moebius <majorfatal05@xxxxxxxx> Subject: USB audio Digigram makes excellent USB audio cards, but are a bit expensive. You might also consider getting a firewire card for your computer and looking into a Presonus Firebox sound card (around $300). It has a -0.5 dB response from 6Hz to 20 KHz, consistent outputs regardless of the sampling rate, very good mic preamps...although, it should be noted that it works only up to 48 KHz. Otherwise, from my experience, an excellent card. Milan Stojiljkovic _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:11:51 +1100 From: Nikki Rickard <nikki.rickard@xxxxxxxx> Subject: tests of auditory temporal processing This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010909000801050904080304 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear list I'm hoping that someone may be able to advise me on how to obtain the Test of Basic Auditory Capabilities, or a similar psychometrically sound test of auditory discrimination of rapidly changing acoustic stimuli. We are exploring temporal processing of various types of musicians as an extension to work of Jakobson, Cuddy & Kilgour (2003) and others. (The information provided is almost sufficient to reproduce the auditory stimuli, although inter-onset intervals and # of trials per subtest is not given; even so, I assume the test would be copyrighted, and I would prefer to use the original stimuli if available.) The citation pointed to by most who use this test is Watson et al (1982), which is only an abstract. any advice would be appreciated Nikki --------------010909000801050904080304 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="nikki.rickard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="nikki.rickard.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Dr Nikki Rickard n:Rickard;Nikki org:Monash University;School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine adr:;;PO Box 197;Caulfield East;VIC;3145;Australia email;internet:nikki.rickard@xxxxxxxx title:Senior Lecturer tel;work:61-3-9903 2221 tel;fax:61-3-9903 2501 url:http://www.med.monash.edu.au/spppm/research/staff/nrickard.html version:2.1 end:vcard --------------010909000801050904080304-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:38:35 +0100 From: Micheline Lesaffre <Micheline.Lesaffre@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Summer School in Systematic Musicology PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AMONG YOUR COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED. Hello Everyone, Following on the success of the first international summer school in systematic musicology (ISSSM 2006), the summer school will be held for the second time at IPEM, the research centre of the Department of Musicology of Ghent University (Belgium). This year courses will focus on current topics in the research field such as embodied music cognition, music information retrieval and music and interactive media. The School is aimed at graduate students working on their Master or PhD thesis, but it is open to any person carrying out research in this field. ISSSM is a Socrates IP (Intensive Programme) supported by the European Commission and involving several European universities. The project coordination and organization is in the hands of Prof. Dr. Marc Leman, (Professor in Systematic Musicology at IPEM <http://www.ipem.ugent.be/>, Dept. of Musicology, Ghent University). ISSSM2007: August 24-September 2, 2007 Application deadline: April 1st 2007 Information: http://www.ipem.ugent.be/ISSSM2007/ Contact: Liesbeth.DeVoogdt@xxxxxxxx Kind regards, Micheline Lesaffre IPEM, Ghent University +32 9 2644121 ------------------------------ End of AUDITORY Digest - 5 Mar 2007 to 6 Mar 2007 (#2007-54) ************************************************************