Auditory perception is a four-level hierarchy from detection to comprehension.
Evidence
Detection: Detection of sound simply implies that one is able to perceive the presence of a sound stimulus. Detection is often quantified in terms of the lowest sound level necessary for a stimulus to be detected. • Discrimination: Discrimination is the ability to hear that two sounds are different from each other. A variety of different acoustic dimensions can be evaluated using discrimination tasks (such as frequency, intensity, or timing). • Recognition: Recognition occurs when a sound is attached to an object, or a label. It is also sometimes referred to as identification, a term also used throughout this book. • Comprehension: Comprehension is the process by which sounds are assigned meaning. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 157
Categorization
- DEFINE: Lays out the Erber hierarchy — exactly the kind of conceptual framework the reader asked for — distinguishing detection, discrimination, recognition, and comprehension.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 157
- XREF: connects to: Auditory detection and discrimination are distinct abilities that can diverge; Detecting sounds and discriminating between them are distinct hearing abilities. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2369; Speech perception requires both detection and discrimination of sound components
Broader Connections
- Speech perception requires both detection and discrimination of sound components
#expands(0.78) - Auditory detection and discrimination are distinct abilities that can diverge
#expands(0.75) - Detecting sounds and discriminating between them are distinct hearing abilities.
#expands(0.72) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2369