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Musical pitch perception with electrical stimulation of the cochlea

 

作者: Hugh J. McDermott,   Colette M. McKay,  

 

期刊: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  (AIP Available online 1997)
卷期: Volume 101, issue 3  

页码: 1622-1631

 

ISSN:0001-4966

 

年代: 1997

 

DOI:10.1121/1.418177

 

出版商: Acoustical Society of America

 

数据来源: AIP

 

摘要:

Studies were undertaken to investigate the ability of a user of the Nucleus multi-electrode cochlear implant to judge pitch in the context of musical intervals. The subject had qualified as a musical instrument tuner before he received his implant, and was able to judge the intervals between electrical sensations with neither training nor the guidance of familiar melodies. The procedures used were interval estimation, and interval production by the method of adjustment. The pitch of the electrical stimulation was controlled by varying the pulse repetition rate, the active electrode position, or two combinations of these parameters. Further studies employed sinusoidally amplitude modulated pulse trains with varying modulation frequency. The results showed that rate or modulation frequency could convey musical pitch information over a limited range (approximately two octaves). The data were directly comparable with the relationship between musical intervals and frequency for normal hearing. The pitch related to electrode place varied in accordance with the tonotopic organization of the cochlea, and also appeared to be able to support musical intervals. When both place and rate varied together, the place-related pitch was generally dominant. In all cases, the judgement of intervals tended to diverge from their acoustic counterparts as the intervals became larger.

 

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