Subject: [AUDITORY] Scream spectrum From: "Huron, David" <huron.1@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 20:56:09 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_9942EF80C8B95F4A83E611A793CD9A6A5EE9CF11CIOTNCD2MBX01os_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear collective wisdom, I recall reading somewhere (long ago) that most human screams exhibit a spe= ctral peak in the 3 kHz region (more broadly, 2-5 kHz) coinciding with the = threshold dip due to the ear canal resonance. The implication is that scre= ams are co-adapted to the most sensitive region of human hearing. Can anyone point me to a suitable reference? Even literature reporting pow= er spectrum data for human screams would be useful. David Huron --_000_9942EF80C8B95F4A83E611A793CD9A6A5EE9CF11CIOTNCD2MBX01os_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html dir=3D"ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" id=3D"owaParaStyle"></style> </head> <body fpstyle=3D"1" ocsi=3D"0"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: = 10pt;"> <div>Dear collective wisdom,</div> <div><br> </div> <div>I recall reading somewhere (long ago) that most human screams exhibit = a spectral peak in the 3 kHz region (more broadly, 2-5 kHz) coinciding with= the threshold dip due to the ear canal resonance. The implication is= that screams are co-adapted to the most sensitive region of human hearing.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Can anyone point me to a suitable reference? Even literature rep= orting power spectrum data for human screams would be useful.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>David Huron</div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_9942EF80C8B95F4A83E611A793CD9A6A5EE9CF11CIOTNCD2MBX01os_--