Editing Auditory phonetics (section)

==Physical scales and auditory sensations==
There is no direct connection between auditory sensations and the physical properties of sound that give rise to them. While the physical (acoustic) properties are objectively measurable, auditory sensations are subjective and can only be studied by asking listeners to report on their perceptions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Denes |first1=Peter |last2=Pinson |first2=Elliott |title=The Speech Chain |date=1993 |publisher=W.H.Freeman |isbn=0-7167-2344-1 |pages=94–105 |edition=2nd}}</ref> The table below shows some correspondences between physical properties and auditory sensations.

{| class="wikitable"
! Physical property !! Auditory perception 
|-
|amplitude or intensity || loudness
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|fundamental frequency || pitch
|-
|spectral structure || sound quality
|-
|duration || length
|}