Relation entre la force subjective du son et le nombre de paliers de perception différentielle d’intensité pour quatre fréquences caractéristiques
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E. Emerit
Abstract
Having brought forward a new theory of auditory perception (Phonetica, vol. 14, 1966, and vol. 17, 1967), the author presents some new arguments sustaining that theory. Moreover, he finds a simple and accurate mathematical relation between the numbers of ‘just noticeable differences in intensity’ and the subjective loudness of sound, for 4,000 and 10,000 cps; whereas that relation is altered for 1,000 and 7,000 cps by a phenomenon of loss of auditory sensitivity from the threshold of hearing, which disappears at the average levels of intensity. That consideration seems to confirm once more the author’s hypothesis: low, average, and high frequencies are perceived by the brain as different sound ‘qualities’ which may be compared in every respect to the three fundamental hues of colour perception by the eye.
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© 1972 S. Karger AG, Basel
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- Phonetik und Phonologie bei Paul Menzerath
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