Subband and modulation power both strongly predict perceptual distances in consonant perception

Evidence

The time function of perceived loudness is given on the top curve. It is strongly smoothed, but shows single syllables with relatively clear separation. It becomes clear from this curve that peak loudness, normally assumed to be perceived loudness, is produced by the vowels in speech. Consonants and plosives are very important for understanding, and are clearly visible in the specific loudness versus critical-band rate versus time patterns; their contribution to the total loudness, however, is almost negligible. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1307 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Multi-dimensional phoneme identification models add noise scaled to individual perceptual acuity; Sound-source differences dominate consonant perception variability more than listener uncertainty — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5579; Slow envelope fluctuations up to 16 Hz predict consonant-in-noise perception. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5575 (+6 more)

Related

• Slow envelope fluctuations up to 16 Hz predict consonant-in-noise perception. (similarity 0.86)
• Sound-source differences dominate consonant perception variability more than listener uncertainty (similarity 0.84)
• Vowels dominate perceived loudness while consonants carry intelligibility (similarity 0.84)
• Energy-based and modulation-based models predict consonant recognition but not confusions. (similarity 0.83)
• Consonant confusions shift with noise type, filtering, and vowel context. (similarity 0.83)
• Consonance judgments rest on psychoacoustic critical bandwidth (similarity 0.82)
• Loudness perception shows distinct behavior in two critical-band-defined regions (similarity 0.82)
• Multi-dimensional phoneme identification models add noise scaled to individual perceptual acuity (similarity 0.81)
• Low-frequency transport noise masks the vowels that carry speech meaning (similarity 0.81)
• Sensory consonance depends on roughness, sharpness, and tonalness (similarity 0.80)
• The rate of beating between close partials determines whether they sound consonant or rough (similarity 0.80)
• Loudness depends on more than physical sound intensity alone (similarity 0.80)
• Duration perception distortion is largely level-independent above 30 phon (similarity 0.79)
• Loudness depends on frequency, angle, duration, and envelope, not just level (similarity 0.79)
• Wide dynamic range compression degrades perception of speech temporal cues like stop consonants (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Wide dynamic range compression degrades perception of speech temporal cues like stop consonants #complicates (0.75)
• Vowels dominate perceived loudness while consonants carry intelligibility #complicates (0.75) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1307
• Equal frequency ratios occupy equal perceptual distances regardless of starting pitch #complicates (0.72)
• Perception of changing sound requires simultaneous time and frequency resolution #expands (0.70)