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Auditory Perception Quiz

Test your knowledge of auditory perception with our informative quiz! Dive into various aspects of sound localization, auditory processing, and speech production through a series of carefully crafted questions.

Whether you're a student of acoustics or just curious about how we perceive sound, this quiz offers:

12 challenging multiple-choice questions
Insights into the science of hearing
A fun and educational experience

12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by ListeningLight57

Suppose you are in the woods and hear a high-pitched screech (above 1000 Hz). Which auditory localization cue will help you determine where the sound came from?

Interaural time difference

Interaural level difference

If someone’s medial superior olive structures are destroyed, they are most likely to experience difficulty using

interaural time differences to localize low-frequency sounds.

interaural level differences to localize low-frequency sounds.

interaural level differences to localize high-frequency sounds.

The _______ is a function that describes how the pinna, ear canal, head, and torso change the intensity of sounds with different frequencies that arrive at each ear from different locations in space.

Azimuth

Directional transfer function

Localization function

Suppose you get a new ear piercing that dramatically changes the shape of your pinna and causes you to have trouble localizing sounds. From which direction will you have the hardest time localizing sounds, and why?

Sounds from above, due to changes in interaural time differences

Sounds from the side, due to changes in interaural time differences

Sounds from above, due to changes in the direction transfer function

Sounds from above, due to changes in interaural level differences

Which of the following does not contribute to auditory stream segregation?

The timbre of the different sound sources

The onset of the different sound sources

The pitch of the different sound sources

The different sound sources added together

The _______ is the airway above the larynx that is used for the production of speech and includes the oral and nasal tracts.

Trachea

Vocal tract

Esophagus

If you image the brain of somebody who was listening to speech, what lobe of the brain is the most active?

Temporal

Pariatal

Frontal

When you accelerate in a car and are pushed back into your seat, you are experiencing _______, which is registered by your _______.

Angular motion; otolith organs

Angular motion; semicircular canals

Linear motion; otolith organs

Linear motion; semicircular canals

If you close your eyes and tilt your left ear towards your left shoulder, (after the movement is completed) you are experiencing _______, which is registered by your _______.

angular motion; otolith organs

Tilt; otolith organs

Tilt; semicircular canals

The term for rotation around the x-axis is _______, rotation around the y-axis is _______, and rotation around the z-axis is _______.

Pitch; roll; yaw

Pitch; yaw; roll

Roll; pitch; yaw

Yaw; pitch; roll

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