Temporal processing is essential for hearing speech and music

Evidence

This ability to represent the variations in intensity over time is referred to as temporal processing. Temporal processing is a key component in coding natural sounds and the information contained in them. Consider speech, for example, which contains temporal elements that are important for the differentiation of speech sounds. An ear that can represent the temporal aspects of speech is able to gather more information about a speech signal than an ear that cannot represent the temporal changes across time. Music also contains important temporal elements, as the pattern of note duration and timing between notes yields rhythm. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 925

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines temporal processing as the representation of intensity variations over time.
• XREF: connects to: Hearing’s temporal resolution varies from 1-2 ms depending on frequency — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1603; Auditory attention requires temporal variation in any sound signal — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1510