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Influence of place synchrony on detection of a sinusoid.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3558962     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A series of experiments was performed to study the ability of the ear to code the temporal envelope of a waveform as demonstrated by comodulation masking release (CMR). The stimulus for all experiments was composed of a tone-burst signal, a 100-Hz-wide masker band centered at the signal frequency, and a second 100-Hz-wide noise band of variable frequency, the cue band. The cue band had a temporal envelope which was either correlated with or independent of that of the masker. The signal was a 100-Hz tone burst for most experiments. For the monotic stimulus, the correlated cue band results in lowered signal detection thresholds over a range extending from around 2/3 oct below the signal frequency to 1/3 oct above that frequency. When measured dichotically, with the signal and masker band in one ear and the cue band in the opposite ear, that effective range is expanded but the detection threshold shifts are a bit smaller. The greatest CMR is observed when the stimulus is presented diotically. With regard to effects of level and frequency, our data show CMR increasing with increasing stimulus level for a cue band lower in frequency than the signal, but show little effect of level for a cue band higher in frequency. Similarly, CMR increases with increasing stimulus frequency when the cue band is lower in frequency, but shows little effect of frequency for a cue band higher in frequency.
Authors:
M F Cohen; E D Schubert
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  81     ISSN:  0001-4966     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  1987 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1987-05-18     Completed Date:  1987-05-18     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  452-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Auditory Fatigue / physiology
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Auditory Threshold / physiology
Functional Laterality / physiology
Humans
Sound Localization / physiology
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01-16802//PHS HHS

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