Human Auditory-Frequency Tuning Is Sensitive to Tonal Language Experience

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Yin; Xu, Runyi; Gong, Qin
Titel	Human Auditory-Frequency Tuning Is Sensitive to Tonal Language Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63 (2020) 12, S.4277-4288 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gong, Qin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
Schlagwörter	Acoustics; Auditory Perception; Intonation; Tone Languages; Mandarin Chinese; English; Hearing (Physiology); College Students; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akustik; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Tonsprache; English language; Englisch; Gehör; Hören; Collegestudent; Ausland
Abstract	Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate whether human auditory frequency tuning can be influenced by tonal language experience. Method: Perceptual tuning measured via psychophysical tuning curves and cochlear tuning derived via stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves in 14 native speakers of a tonal language (Mandarin) were compared to those of 14 native speakers of a nontonal language (English) at 1 and 4 kHz. Results: Group comparisons of both psychophysical tuning curves (p = 0.046) and stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves (p = 0.007) in the 4-kHz region indicated sharper frequency tuning in the Mandarin-speaking group relative to the English-speaking group. The auditory tuning was better at the higher (4 kHz) than the lower (1 kHz) probe frequencies (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The sharper auditory tuning in the 4-kHz cochlear region is associated with long-term tonal language (i.e., Mandarin) experience. Experience-dependent plasticity of tonal language may occur before the sound signal reaches central neural stages, as peripheral as the cochlea. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01