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'''Auditory stimulation''' is the presentation of [[sound]] information that activates the [[auditory system]].
 
'''Auditory stimulation''' is the presentation of [[sound]] information that activates the [[auditory system]].
   
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==Methods of providing auditory stimuli==
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In the past psychology laboratories had a number of pieces of [[apparatus]] to provide [[auditory stimuli] of particular frequencies etc. [[Tuning forks]] and [[pitch pipes were used. These were superceded by specialist [[electronic tone generators]] and these in turn have been superceded by the use of computer programmes]]
 
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*[[Loudness]]
 
*[[Loudness]]
 
*[[Pitch]]
 
*[[Pitch]]
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*[[Silence]]
 
*[[Speech processing (mechanical)]]
 
*[[Speech processing (mechanical)]]
 
*[[White noise]]
 
*[[White noise]]
 
 
 
 
   
 
==References & Bibliography==
 
==References & Bibliography==

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Auditory stimulation is the presentation of sound information that activates the auditory system.


Methods of providing auditory stimuli

In the past psychology laboratories had a number of pieces of apparatus to provide [[auditory stimuli] of particular frequencies etc. Tuning forks and [[pitch pipes were used. These were superceded by specialist electronic tone generators and these in turn have been superceded by the use of computer programmes]]


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