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The ultimate recipient of information in a speech communication link usually is man. His perceptual abilities dictate the precision with which speech data must be processed and transmitted. These abilities essentially prescribe fidelity criteria for reception and, in effect, determine the channel capacity necessary for the transmission of voice messages. It consequently is pertinent to inquire into the fundamental mechanism of hearing and to attempt to establish capabilities and limitations of human perception.
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Flanagan, J.L. (1972). The Ear and Hearing. In: Speech Analysis Synthesis and Perception. Kommunikation und Kybernetik in Einzeldarstellugen, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01562-9_4
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