Beats created by different sound frequencies can be heard as a distinct tone
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SUPPORTED
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Multiple studies and psychoacoustic principles confirm that presenting slightly different sound frequencies separately to each ear produces the perception of a distinct third tone known as a binaural beat.
Evidence for · 4
The short-term effects of recorded ocean sound with and without alpha frequency binaural beats on tinnitus perception.
2019 · cited by 21
States that dichotic presentation of two auditory stimuli with a small frequency difference produces the perception of a third, fused auditory image known as a binaural beat.
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Neural consequences of binaural beat stimulation on auditory sentence comprehension: an EEG study
2023 · cited by 10
Explains that binaural beats are generated by the dichotic presentation of slightly mismatched pure tones.
Binaural Beats through the auditory pathway: from brainstem to connectivity patterns
2019 · cited by 6
Defines binaural beating as a perceptual auditory illusion occurring when two neighboring frequencies are presented to each ear separately.
A new perspective on binaural beats: Investigating the effects of spatially moving sounds on human mental states
2024 · cited by 4
Reiterates that individuals exposed to two pure tones with close frequencies presented separately in each ear perceive a third sound known as binaural beats.