Sound’s constant speed across wavelengths is what preserves speech intelligibility

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• Speech comprehension depends on direct sound, which falls off with the inverse square law. (similarity 0.86)
• A 1 dB detection gain can shift speech identification by 15 to 20 points (similarity 0.84)
• Faster reaction times track louder sounds only at moderate to high levels (similarity 0.83)
• Sound power level can be derived by dividing intensity by radiating area (similarity 0.83)
• Sound in air travels at one speed for all wavelengths, unlike water waves (similarity 0.83)
• Auditory sensitivity varies nonuniformly across the frequency range (similarity 0.83)
• Measurable and audible sound qualities can be shown to correlate reliably (similarity 0.83)
• Exaggerated pitch contours assist speech intelligibility in noisy settings (similarity 0.83)
• The auditory spectrum differs from the physical power spectrum in resolution and shape (similarity 0.83)
• The auditory cortex decodes speech from acoustically jumbled waveforms. (similarity 0.82)
• Hearing thresholds vary individually but share a common perceptual order (similarity 0.82)
• The specific hearing-aid prescriptive fitting rule barely affects speech intelligibility (similarity 0.82)
• No sound produces a deterministic internal neural response, even for the same listener (similarity 0.81)
• Detecting changes in auditory textures depends mainly on integration time available (similarity 0.81)
• Speech reception thresholds plateau beyond a target low-pass attenuation floor (similarity 0.81)