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Does static ear canal pressure influence pure-tone pitch perception?

Does static ear canal pressure influence pure-tone pitch perception?
Does static ear canal pressure influence pure-tone pitch perception?
Objective - That static ear canal air pressure (ECP) influences the frequency of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) suggests that it may influence intracochlear, in addition to middle ear, processes. A previous study suggested that ECP influences pure tone pitch perception at 1,000 Hz, which was interpreted as indicating an effect on the cochlear place-frequency map. The present study extended investigations of this effect to 500 and 4,000 Hz. Material and Methods - Nine normal-hearing listeners performed interaural pitch matching with monaural ECPs of 0 and -300 daPa.
Results - Some indications of a small downward pitch shift (mean 0.2%) at 500 Hz were observed, which were marginally statistically significant at the 5% level. No pitch shifts were observed at 4,000 Hz.
Conclusions - ECP does not influence pitch to the extent suggested previously or by SOAE frequency shifts. No evidence was found to support the notion that ECP influences the place-frequency map.
pitch perception, spontaneous otoacoustic emissions
0001-6489
286-289
Rowan, Daniel
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Kapadia, Sarosh
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Lutman, Mark
Rowan, Daniel
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Kapadia, Sarosh
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Lutman, Mark

Rowan, Daniel, Kapadia, Sarosh and Lutman, Mark (2004) Does static ear canal pressure influence pure-tone pitch perception? Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 124 (3), 286-289. (doi:10.1080/00016480310000511).

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Objective - That static ear canal air pressure (ECP) influences the frequency of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) suggests that it may influence intracochlear, in addition to middle ear, processes. A previous study suggested that ECP influences pure tone pitch perception at 1,000 Hz, which was interpreted as indicating an effect on the cochlear place-frequency map. The present study extended investigations of this effect to 500 and 4,000 Hz. Material and Methods - Nine normal-hearing listeners performed interaural pitch matching with monaural ECPs of 0 and -300 daPa.
Results - Some indications of a small downward pitch shift (mean 0.2%) at 500 Hz were observed, which were marginally statistically significant at the 5% level. No pitch shifts were observed at 4,000 Hz.
Conclusions - ECP does not influence pitch to the extent suggested previously or by SOAE frequency shifts. No evidence was found to support the notion that ECP influences the place-frequency map.

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Published date: 2004
Keywords: pitch perception, spontaneous otoacoustic emissions
Organisations: Human Sciences Group

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Local EPrints ID: 10693
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/10693
ISSN: 0001-6489
PURE UUID: 4cb48ced-bc38-47ba-9eb5-8f20cda31437
ORCID for Daniel Rowan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7190-9997

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Date deposited: 08 Feb 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:30

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Author: Daniel Rowan ORCID iD
Author: Sarosh Kapadia
Author: Mark Lutman

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