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Very few cases have been reported where tactile stimulation affects auditory perception. In this pilot study, we asked volunteers to compare the loudness of combinations of vibrotactile and auditory stimuli. A 50-300 Hz band-limited pink noise signal was used as the stimulus in the two modalities, simultaneously heard through headphones and felt in the hands to be compared to when it was heard only. On average, the same auditory stimulus was judged to be about one dB louder when it was simultaneously heard and felt rather than when it was heard only. This condition could be interpreted as having enhanced the perception of loudness by a whole jnd.
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Okazaki, R., Kajimoto, H., Hayward, V. (2012). Vibrotactile Stimulation Can Affect Auditory Loudness: A Pilot Study. In: Isokoski, P., Springare, J. (eds) Haptics: Perception, Devices, Mobility, and Communication. EuroHaptics 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7283. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31404-9_18
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