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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hear Res. 2016 Aug 3;341:1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.07.006

Table 1.

Threshold values (relative FDL, in semitones and % frequency change, and absolute FDL) for each subject is shown at each reference frequency, along with mean and standard deviation (SD). Testing order and sensation level for each reference frequency are also shown.

Musical scale A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10
Frequency (Hz) 220 440 880 1760 3520 7040 14080 28160
FDL (semitones) M4Y 3.11 2.84 1.72 1.10 0.47 0.43 0.42 0.55
M13W 2.78 2.49 2.37 1.92 0.35 0.45 0.66 1.30
M55Y 2.63 2.05 1.26 1.01 0.42 0.42 0.66 1.44
M59A 3.65 3.19 2.31 1.53 0.25 0.48 0.57 1.18
mean 3.04 2.65 1.92 1.39 0.37 0.45 0.58 1.12
SD 0.45 0.49 0.53 0.42 0.09 0.03 0.11 0.39
FDL (%) M4Y 19.7 17.9 10.5 6.6 2.8 2.5 2.5 3.2
M13W 17.4 15.5 14.7 11.7 2.0 2.6 3.9 7.8
M55Y 16.4 12.6 7.6 6.0 2.4 2.5 3.9 8.7
M59A 23.5 20.2 14.3 9.2 1.5 2.8 3.4 7.1
mean 19.2 16.5 11.8 8.4 2.2 2.6 3.4 6.7
SD 3.1 3.3 3.4 2.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 2.4
FDL (Hz) M4Y 43.2 78.6 92.0 115.5 97.0 178.9 346.8 913.4
M13W 38.3 68.1 129.3 206.4 71.9 184.7 548.4 2202.5
M55Y 36.1 55.5 66.6 105.8 85.8 172.5 548.1 2439.1
M59A 51.6 89.0 125.7 162.1 51.7 198.3 473.2 1987.0
mean 42.3 72.8 103.4 147.4 76.6 183.6 479.1 1885.5
SD 6.9 14.4 29.7 46.4 19.5 11.0 95.1 673.8
Testing order M4Y 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8
M13W 4 1 2 3 6 5 7 8
M55Y 3 2 1 7 6 4 5 8
M59A 6 5 2 3 1 4 7 8
SL (dB) 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 50