High-frequency hearing in humans (Piotr Majdak )


Subject: High-frequency hearing in humans
From:    Piotr Majdak  <piotr@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:27:39 +0100
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Dear list, I'm looking for the reasons for the good high-frequency* hearing in humans. The reasons I have until now are actually the obvious ones: * Pinna localization cues * Interaural level cues (ILD, they actually start to work from around 2 kHz) What do you think: if there were no need for the ILD and pinna cues, would there be any other reasons? Thanks, Piotr *) say, above 8 kHz -- Piotr Majdak Psychoacoustics and Experimental Audiology Acoustics Research Institute <http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at> Austrian Academy of Sciences <http://www.oeaw.ac.at/> Wohllebengasse 12-14, 1040 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 51581-2511 Fax: +43 1 51581-2530


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