Zwicker tones matched in intervals nearly as reliably as pure tones.
Evidence
The SDs of the musical interval adjustments were only slightly larger (a factor of 1.1–2.2) for the ZTs than for the PTs, with no increase in listening time. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5421
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Zwicker-tone interval adjustments are as accurate as pure-tone adjustments (similarity 0.93)
- Zwicker-tone pitch matches are more variable than pure-tone matches (similarity 0.92)
- Zwicker tone interval settings are slightly more variable than pure-tone matches. (similarity 0.92)
- Zwicker tone interval matches are as reliable as those for high-frequency pure tones (similarity 0.91)
- Zwicker tones support accurate musical interval matching like pure tones (similarity 0.91)
- Pitch of Zwicker tones is less precisely encoded than pure tones (similarity 0.90)
- Matching Zwicker tones required no extra listening trials than pure tones. (similarity 0.90)
- Zwicker tones produce no correlate in cochlear mechanical activity (similarity 0.86)
- Musically trained listeners judge ZT musical intervals accurately despite missing phase locking. (similarity 0.85)
- Subjects matched musical intervals within about 2 percent in both conditions (similarity 0.85)
- Higher-frequency gaps need narrower spectral widths to trigger Zwicker tones (similarity 0.83)
- Zwicker tones require a notched noise with edges separated by a fixed ratio (similarity 0.81)
- Zwicker tone pitch sits about 10-20 percent above the notch’s lower edge frequency (similarity 0.81)
- Zwicker tones arise centrally, not from cochlear mechanics or phase locking (similarity 0.80)
- A weak musical pitch can exist without peripheral phase locking. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Pitch of Zwicker tones is less precisely encoded than pure tones
#contradicts(0.90) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5408 - Measurable and audible sound qualities can be shown to correlate reliably
#exemplifies(0.72) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1957