Ernst Terhardt

Ernst Terhardt
Born(1934-12-11)11 December 1934
Died26 December 2024(2024-12-26) (aged 90)
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Stuttgart
Engineering career
DisciplineElectrical engineer

Ernst Terhardt (11 December 1934 – 26 December 2024) was a German engineer and psychoacoustician who made significant contributions in diverse areas of audio communication including pitch perception, music cognition, and Fourier transformation. He was professor in the area of acoustic communication at the Institute of Electroacoustics, Technical University of Munich, Germany. Terhardt died on 26 December 2024, at the age of 90.