2020-12-102020-12-102020-12-012045-23222045-2322http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/424332127585 (pubmed)http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/4261© 2020, The Author(s). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between vocal pitch discrimination abilities and vocal responses to auditory pitch-shifts. Twenty children (6.6–11.7 years) and twenty adults (18–28 years) completed a listening task to determine auditory discrimination abilities to vocal fundamental frequency (fo) as well as two vocalization tasks in which their perceived fo was modulated in real-time. These pitch-shifts were either unexpected, providing information on auditory feedback control, or sustained, providing information on sensorimotor adaptation. Children were subdivided into two groups based on their auditory pitch discrimination abilities; children within two standard deviations of the adult group were classified as having adult-like discrimination abilities (N = 11), whereas children outside of this range were classified as having less sensitive discrimination abilities than adults (N = 9). Children with less sensitive auditory pitch discrimination abilities had significantly larger vocal response magnitudes to unexpected pitch-shifts and significantly smaller vocal response magnitudes to sustained pitch-shifts. Children with less sensitive auditory pitch discrimination abilities may rely more on auditory feedback and thus may be less adept at updating their stored motor programs.3912-enCC BYhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Acoustic StimulationAdolescentAdultFemaleGrowth and DevelopmentHumansMalePitch DiscriminationPitch PerceptionYoung AdultArticle2020-12-10