Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Scream spectrum From: Victor Benichoux <benichoux@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 07:35:18 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-B68C8E57-1827-43D1-B9A4-B247CBA07258 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Could that study by Arnal et al be the on you are looking for? https://scholar.google.fr/citations?view_op=3Dview_citation&hl=3Den&user=3Dt= K4nyVwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3DtK4nyVwAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC > On 6 Feb 2017, at 21:56, Huron, David <huron.1@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > Dear collective wisdom, >=20 > I recall reading somewhere (long ago) that most human screams exhibit a sp= ectral peak in the 3 kHz region (more broadly, 2-5 kHz) coinciding with the t= hreshold dip due to the ear canal resonance. The implication is that scream= s are co-adapted to the most sensitive region of human hearing. >=20 > Can anyone point me to a suitable reference? Even literature reporting po= wer spectrum data for human screams would be useful. >=20 > David Huron --Apple-Mail-B68C8E57-1827-43D1-B9A4-B247CBA07258 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Could that study by Arnal et al be the on you are looking for?</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://scholar.google.fr/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=tK4nyVwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=tK4nyVwAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://scholar.google.fr/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=tK4nyVwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=tK4nyVwAAAAJ:ufrVoPGSRksC</a></font></div></div><div><br>On 6 Feb 2017, at 21:56, Huron, David <<a href="mailto:huron.1@xxxxxxxx">huron.1@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <div style="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 reporting power spectrum data for human screams would be useful.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>David Huron</div> </div> </div></blockquote></body></html> --Apple-Mail-B68C8E57-1827-43D1-B9A4-B247CBA07258--