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Tonhöheempfindung («pitch») und akustisches Trauma

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The exposure of a human ear to a very loud pure tone produces not only an increase of the threshold but also modifications of the pitch. These observations lead to a new «two-place» mechanism of the inner ear, where pitch and loudness are perceived at two different and locally separated places of the basilar membrane.

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  1. Oto-rhino-laryngologische Universitätsklinik, Versuchs-und Forschungsabteilung PTT., Bern

    L. Rüedi & W. Furrer

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Rüedi, L., Furrer, W. Tonhöheempfindung («pitch») und akustisches Trauma. Experientia 1, 201–202 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164072

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