Tag: Pitch Insensitivity


Auditory Scotoma: Why Your Brain Ignores Certain Sounds

Auditory Scotoma: Why Your Brain Ignores Certain Sounds

Definition and Phenomenological Description The concept of the tonal gap, sometimes referred to clinically as a scotoma or notch, describes a highly specific auditory deficit characterized by a restricted range of frequencies to which an individual exhibits partial or complete insensitivity. Crucially, the affected person retains normal or near-normal sensitivity to pitches positioned immediately outside […]

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