Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 24 Jun 2009 to 25 Jun 2009 (#2009-142) From: Julian Villegas <julovi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:58:14 -0700 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--0-1989375310-1245999494=:44150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Xueliang,=0A=0AI'm not sure if someone has done the exact experiment y= ou're looking for, but I remembered that in "Spectral Analysis of the Ear,"= Goupell & Hartmann used a technique=0Acalled =E2=80=9Cenhancement=E2=80=9D= to demonstrate that human ears can distinguish up=0Ato the 69 harmonic and= point out that Plomp and Mimpen (The ear as a=0Afrequency analyzer II) ide= ntified the 5th and 7th harmonic as the upper=0Alimit for ear resolution, a= lso Berstein and Oxenham (Pitch=0Adiscrimination of diotic and dichotic ton= e complexes: Harmonic=0Aresolvability or harmonic number?) Identified the 1= 0th harmonic. Maybe that would be a good reading to start with.=0A=0AI hope= it helps.=0A=0A Julian Villegas=0A=0AMe pregunto de un modo pensativo=0AQu= e significa ser Colombiano?=0ANo se le respondi. Es un acto de fe=0AJLB.=0A= =0A=0A --0-1989375310-1245999494=:44150 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><style type=3D"text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></he= ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;fon= t-size:12pt">Dear Xueliang,<br><br>I'm not sure if someone has done the exa= ct experiment you're looking for, but I remembered that in "Spectral Analys= is of the Ear," Goupell & Hartmann used a technique=0Acalled =E2=80=9Ce= nhancement=E2=80=9D to demonstrate that human ears can distinguish up=0Ato = the 69 harmonic and point out that Plomp and Mimpen (The ear as a=0Afrequen= cy analyzer II) identified the 5th and 7th harmonic as the upper=0Alimit fo= r ear resolution, also Berstein and Oxenham (Pitch=0Adiscrimination of diot= ic and dichotic tone complexes: Harmonic=0Aresolvability or harmonic number= ?) Identified the 10th harmonic. Maybe that would be a good reading to star= t with.<br><br>I hope it helps.<br><div> </div><a rel=3D"nofollow" tar= get=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.julovi.net">Julian Villegas</a><br><br>Me= pregunto de un modo pensativo<br>Que significa ser Colombiano?<br>No se le= respondi. Es un acto de fe<br> JLB.= </div><br>=0A=0A=0A=0A </body></html> --0-1989375310-1245999494=:44150--