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Sensory Difference Thresholds

Turning Up the Volume

Turning Up the Volume

The difference threshold is the amount of stimulus change needed to recognize that a change has occurred. If someone changes the volume of a speaker, the difference threshold is the amount it has to be changed in order for listeners to notice a difference.

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