A broad battery of psychoacoustic measures and standard measures of reading and spelling were applied to 102 adults. The test group included individuals with a childhood history of reading difficulties and controls with no reported reading difficulties. Reading scores were variable in both groups. Poor auditory processing abilities were recorded in poor readers; particular difficulties were pos...

During the last decade, CD-quality digital audio has essentially replaced analog audio. During this same period, new digital audio applications have emerged for network, wireless, and multimedia computing systems which face such constraints as reduced channel bandwidth, limited storage capacity, and low cost. These new applications have created a demand for high-quality digital audio delivery a...

The aim of the study was to examine relationship between tinnitus pitch and maximum hearing loss, frequency range edge audiogram, as well as, analyze loudness at normal frequency. The included 212 patients, aged 21 75 years (mean age 54.4 ±13.5 years) with chronic subjective sensorineural loss. For statistical data analysis we used Chi-square test Fisher’s exact level significance p < 0.05. ...

Recent neuroscience research suggests that tinnitus may reflect synaptic loss in the cochlea that does not express in the audiogram but leads to neural changes in auditory pathways that reduce sound level tolerance (SLT). Adolescents (N = 170) completed a questionnaire addressing their prior experience with tinnitus, potentially risky listening habits, and sensitivity to ordinary sounds, follow...

Continuous response of emotion in music is undergoing a boom. One application of this kind of research is to gain further insight into the relationship between musical/psychoacoustic parameters and associated emotional responses. Continuous response methodology has potential to produce major new insights into these relationships, however there are pitfalls and challenges associated with it. The...

This report presents a psychoacoustically derived computational model of the perceived distance between any two major or minor triads, the degree of activity created by any given pair of triads, and the cadential effectiveness of three-triad progressions. It also provides statistical analyses of the ratings given by thirty-five participants for the ―similarity‖ and ―fit‖ of triads in a pair, an...

This report presents a psychoacoustically derived computational model of the perceived distance between any two major or minor triads, the degree of activity created by any given pair of triads, and the cadential effectiveness of three-triad progressions. It also provides statistical analyses of the ratings given by thirty-five participants for the ―similarity‖ and ―fit‖ of triads in a pair, an...