Definition of "psychoacoustics" []

• The scientific study of the perception of sound. (noun)

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• "According to Toole for most it's about something called psychoacoustics the study of subjective human perception of sounds."
• "In the 1970s, sound experts at CBS Laboratories in Connecticut studied the arcane field of psychoacoustics, developing the first algorithms and equipment to tame loudness."
• "In light of similar results, contemporary psychoacoustics researchers commonly reject the identification of pitch with frequency or periodicity."