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Title
The Lower Limit of Pitch Perception for Pure Tones and Low-Frequency Complex SoundsJournal title
Archives of AcousticsYearbook
2021Volume
vol. 46Issue
No 3Affiliation
Jurado, Carlos : Escuela de Ingeniería en Sonido y Acústica, Universidad de Las Américas, Avenue Granados and Colimes, EC170125, Ecuador ; Larrea, Marcelo : Escuela de Ingeniería en Sonido y Acústica, Universidad de Las Américas, Avenue Granados and Colimes, EC170125, Ecuador ; Moore, Brian C.J. : Cambridge Hearing Group, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EB, EnglandAuthors
Keywords
pitch ; lower limit ; periodicity analysisDivisions of PAS
Nauki TechniczneCoverage
459-469Publisher
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on AcousticsBibliography
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