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Attending to auditory filters that were not stimulated directly.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8370880     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The effectiveness of two types of tonal cues for reducing frequency uncertainty was studied in a tonal detection-in-noise task. Signals varied at random from trial to trial over the range 750-3000 Hz. The three conditions included: (1) maximum uncertainty in which there were no cues; (2) minimal uncertainty in which "iconic cues" were identical to the signal to be detected; and (3) partial uncertainty in which "relative cues" were set to 2/3 of the signal frequency, i.e., at the musical 5th. Results show that relative cues and iconic cues were both effective in reducing uncertainty compared to the no-cue condition, but that performance with relative cues was poorer than with iconic cues by 1.4 dB. In addition, a modified probe-signal method was used to estimate the widths of the subjective listening bands. Application of a model of the auditory filter [R. Patterson and B. C. J. Moore, Frequency Selectivity in Hearing, edited by B. C. J. Moore (Academic, New York, 1986)] to these data showed that the subjective listening bands used with iconic cues were similar in width to typical measures of the critical band but that the bands used with relative cues were wider by a factor of roughly 1.6.
Authors:
E R Hafter; R S Schlauch; J Tang
Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  94     ISSN:  0001-4966     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  1993 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-10-08     Completed Date:  1993-10-08     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  743-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Amplifiers, Electronic
Auditory Perception*
Auditory Threshold
Female
Humans
Male
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DCD 00087/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; NS 08251/NS/NINDS NIH HHS

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