On the Relation between Differential Pitch Sensitivity and Differential Intensity Sensitivity

Abstract

An empirical formula, indicates the relation between the shift of the minimum audible threshold of one pure tone in the presence of another pure tone and the ratio of their frequencies, was obtained from the experimental results of Wegel and Lane^*. Assuming that this empirical formula may give the distribution of stimuli cause by the latter pure tone on the basilar membrane, a relation between differential pitch sensitivity and differential intensity sensitivity was derived. The validity of the relation was criticized by comparing it with the experimental data obtained by R. R. Riesz, E. G. Shower and R. Biddulph