Definition of Psychoacoustics
Psychoacoustics is the branch of psychophysics involving the scientific study of the perception of sound by the human auditory system. It is the branch of science studying the psychological responses associated with sound, including noise, speech, and music. Psychoacoustics is an interdisciplinary field including psychology, acoustics, electronic engineering, physics, biology, physiology, and computer science.
Related terms
Pitch (music)
Pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in…
Timbre
In music, timbre, also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is…
Missing fundamental
The missing fundamental phenomenon is the perceptual phenomenon of hearing a pitch…
Apparent source width
Apparent source width (ASW) refers to the perceived spatial extent of a sound source…
Loudness
In acoustics, loudness is the subjective perception of sound pressure. More formally, it…
Noise, vibration, and harshness
Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), also known as noise and vibration (N&V), is the…
Auditory scene analysis
In perception and psychophysics, auditory scene analysis (ASA) is a proposed model for…
Computational audiology
Computational audiology is a branch of audiology that employs techniques from…
Sone
The sone is a unit of loudness, the subjective perception of sound pressure. The study…
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Further reading
- Fundamentals of Psychoacoustics · Wikibooks: Acoustics
Frequently asked questions
What is Psychoacoustics?
Psychoacoustics is the branch of psychophysics involving the scientific study of the perception of sound by the human auditory system. It is the branch of science studying the psychological responses associated with sound, including noise, speech, and music.