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Lateralization of bands of noise and sinusoidally amplitude-modulated tones: effects of spectral locus and bandwidth.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3722605     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Lateralization of narrow bands of noise was investigated while varying interaural temporal disparity (ITD), center frequency, and bandwidth, utilizing an acoustic pointing task. Stimuli were narrow bands of noise centered at octave intervals between 500 Hz and 4 kHz with bandwidths ranging from 50-400 Hz. In a second experiment, lateralization for bands of noise and sinusoidally amplitude-modulated (SAM) tones, whose spectral content was constrained to be no lower than 3.8 kHz, was assessed. Overall, relatively large extents of laterality were obtained from all four listeners for ITDs of low-frequency bands of noise. Increasing the bandwidth of these noises did not yield consistent changes in the extent of laterality across ITDs and listeners. Most targets centered at high frequencies were lateralized near the midline. However, three of the four listeners did exhibit rather large displacements of the intracranial image when the bandwidth of the high-frequency noises was 400 Hz or greater. Interestingly, ITDs within high-frequency SAM tones were relatively ineffective. Thus, it appears that ITDs of relatively wide-band, high-frequency stimuli can mediate rather substantial extents of laterality. However, these effects are highly listener-dependent.
Authors:
C Trahiotis; L R Bernstein
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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:  79     ISSN:  0001-4966     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  1986 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1986-08-12     Completed Date:  1986-08-12     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:  1950-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adult
Auditory Perception*
Brain / physiology*
Female
Functional Laterality
Hearing
Humans
Male
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
NS 20174/NS/NINDS NIH HHS

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