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Binaural interference in lateralization thresholds for interaural time and level differences.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20649226     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Listeners discriminated changes in either interaural time differences (ITDs) or interaural level differences (ILDs) in one noise band (the target) in the presence or absence of an uninformative spectrally-remote second noise band (the interferer). The noise bands had center frequencies of 500 and 4000 Hz and bandwidths of 50 and 400 Hz, respectively. When one band was a target, the other served as an interferer. The interferer was presented either diotically or dichotically with ITDs or ILDs that varied randomly across intervals. "Interference" was defined as occurring if the target thresholds were elevated in the presence of an interferer. For ITD discrimination, interference was greater for the 4000-Hz target than for the 500-Hz target, but for ILD discrimination, interference for the 500-Hz target was greater than or equal to that obtained for the 4000-Hz target. Larger interference effects were obtained when the interferer ITD or ILD was randomly varied, revealing that interference can be large not only for high-frequency targets but also for low-frequency targets with high-frequency interferers. The data are consistent with a model in which listeners combine lateral position across frequency with interaural information weighted according to the accuracy with which positions are encoded in each frequency region.
Authors:
Laurie M Heller; Virginia M Richards
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  128     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-23     Completed Date:  2010-11-02     Revised Date:  2011-08-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  310-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adolescent
Adult
Audiometry
Auditory Perception*
Auditory Threshold*
Cues*
Functional Laterality*
Humans
Models, Theoretical
Perceptual Masking*
Signal Detection, Psychological*
Time Factors
Time Perception*
Young Adult
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