Reduced frequency selectivity hides fine spectral pinna cues above 5 kHz from impaired listeners

Evidence

A likely explanation is that the fine high-frequency spectral details (present from 5 kHz and upwards) of natural pinna cues are at least partly imperceptible by people with hearing impairment, due to reduced frequency selectivity. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3055

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to psychoacoustic literature on reduced frequency selectivity in cochlear hearing loss and how it degrades monaural spectral cues for localization.