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Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory by BenElgar on Monday October 24, 2016 @09:50PM (#12784614)
As I understand, no. There's some suggestion that small children, usually under the age of 10, can acquire perfect pitch, but no adult has ever been documented acquiring it.

Source: http://www.zainea.com/absolpitch.pdf

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Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory by stupidcar on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @03:32AM (#12785944)
There seems to be some controversy about this though. I've seen other papers[1] claiming that adults can acquire it, albeit only to a limited extent.

[1] e.g. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027715...

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