Journal article
Masking-Level Difference in Filtered-Random and Amplitude-Modulated Noise
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.27(2), pp.267-274
06/1984
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.2702.267
PMID: 6738039
Abstract
The masking characteristics of filtered-random noise and amplitude-modulated noise (40-dB pressure-spectrum level) were studied in a series of four experiments using a masking-level difference paradigm, that is, 500-Hz thresholds in S o N o and S π N o binaural conditions. In Experiment 1 a filtered noise (200–800 Hz) and an amplitude-modulated noise (425–575 Hz) produced equal thresholds in S o N o ; for S π N o , however, the thresholds in amplitude-modulated noise were 1.6 dB lower than were the thresholds in filtered noise. In Experiment 2 S o N o and S π N 0 thresholds were established in three filtered noise bandwidths (200–800 Hz, 335–685 Hz, and 410–600 Hz) and in the amplitude-modulated noise (425–575 Hz). When the bandwidths of the filteredrandom and amplitude-modulated noises were similar, the SπN o thresholds were the same but the S o N o thresholds were different. Experiments 3 and 4 indicated that with amplitude-modulated noise when the zero amplitude crossings of the tone and the noisecoincided, the S o N o , SπN o , and S m N m thresholds were 1.2–2.0 dB higher than were the thresholds when the zero crossings of the tone and noise did not coincide. The data indicate that the masking characteristics of filtered-random noise and amplitudemodulated noise are different. The findings are interpreted as an indication that perceptual phenomena depend on the temporal characteristies as well as the power spectrum of the signal and masker.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Masking-Level Difference in Filtered-Random and Amplitude-Modulated Noise
- Creators
- Richard H Wilson - Va Medical Center, Long Beach, California and University of California, IrvineJohn T Argos - Va Medical Center, Long Beach, California and University of California, IrvineCarolyn J Brown - Va Medical Center, Long Beach, California and University of California, IrvineLeslie A Bennett - Va Medical Center, Long Beach, California and University of California, Irvine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.27(2), pp.267-274
- DOI
- 10.1044/jshr.2702.267
- PMID
- 6738039
- ISSN
- 1092-4388
- eISSN
- 1558-9102
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1984
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002360802771
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