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From: rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux)
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Subject: Re: Pitch and Colour
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.132547.16696@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 11 Apr 91 13:25:47 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.031342.27656@dgbt.doc.ca>
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In article <1991Apr10.031342.27656@dgbt.doc.ca>, ted@dgbt.doc.ca (Ted Grusec) writes:
> 
> As for understanding language, this is based mostly on a very narrow band
> of frequencies (centering around about 6K hertz). So people with hearing
> losses that restrict their perception to below 10K hertz and above, say 4K
> Hertz have no problems understanding language. That one and one-half octaves
> is all you need for accurate speech perception, and you don't need the 10
> octaves for that task.

	Am I missing something here?  Speech in the range you mention is
going to be harmonics, not fundamental frequencies.  Telephone bandwidth
cuts off at 3.5 KHz.  Where do you get that understanding spoken language
centers around 6 KHz?

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