Strange Hearing Test?

[John Formsma]

On 10/24/07, Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com> wrote:

>  To my hearing the tones are 4 seconds in length (the chatlister said 2
> seconds--I think that proves my slow computer, not my good hearing),  most
> of the tones have beats of various speeds, and the harmonic content is not
> consistent.  Just some examples of the latter include: B3 vs C4;  G vs G#4;
> B5 vs. C6 and C#7 vs D7.  (The octave numbers are the ones we are used to
> using as pianotechs, not those given in the program.)
>
>  Now, can anyone tell me whether the examples I gave are the same as each
> other and I have cochlear dead zones?  And what would you advise these hard
> of hearing folk about the usefulness of this program for testing hearing?

They sounded different to me, particularly C#7 and D7.  There was some
falseness in some.  I'm listening on the built-in speakers of an iMac,
but could clearly hear the differences in tone quality.

-- 
JF

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