Studies in auditory theory. II. The distribution of distortion in the inner ear.

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The distribution of the disturbance of an overtone in the inner ear (produced by stimulating the ear with a loud pure tone) is significantly different from that of a tone of frequency corresponding to the overtone, although both have the same subjective pitch. Cochlear potentials were utilized as a measure of inner ear activity. It is concluded that the pitch of a tone is not correlated with a spatial characteristic of the disturbance caused by that tone in the inner ear; and that it is not probable that a spatial characteristic arises higher in the auditory system which is correlated with pitch. These conclusions agree with those reached in a previous expt. Further applications of the method of analysis used in the present expt. are discussed.

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