The causes of individual listener differences in consonant perception remain unresolved

Evidence

It remains a challenge to include listener-specific differences in the model, as it is not clear whether these differences can be accounted for by slight sensitivity differences between the NH listeners, cognitive effects, individual biases, or any combination of these factors. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5575

Categorization

• QUESTION: The authors’ own open question on the mechanistic origin of across-listener variability — sensitivity vs cognition vs bias.