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Lateralization of noise-burst trains based on onset and ongoing interaural delays.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20649227     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The lateralization of 250-ms trains of brief noise bursts was measured using an acoustic pointing technique. Stimuli were designed to assess the contribution of the interaural time delay (ITD) of the onset binaural burst relative to that of the ITDs in the ongoing part of the train. Lateralization was measured by listeners' adjustments of the ITD of a pointer stimulus, a 50-ms burst of noise, to match the lateral position of the target train. Results confirmed previous reports of lateralization dominance by the onset burst under conditions in which the train is composed of frozen tokens and the ongoing part contains multiple ambiguous interaural delays. In contrast, lateralization of ongoing trains in which fresh noise tokens were used for each set of two alternating (left-leading/right-leading) binaural pairs followed the ITD of the first pair in each set, regardless of the ITD of the onset burst of the entire stimulus and even when the onset burst was removed by gradual gating. This clear lateralization of a long-duration stimulus with ambiguous interaural delay cues suggests precedence mechanisms that involve not only the interaural cues at the beginning of a sound, but also the pattern of cues within an ongoing sound.
Authors:
Richard L Freyman; Uma Balakrishnan; Patrick M Zurek
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
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:  320-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Communication Disorders, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA. rlf@comdis.umass.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adult
Audiometry
Auditory Perception*
Cues*
Female
Functional Laterality*
Humans
Noise*
Psychoacoustics
Signal Detection, Psychological*
Time Factors
Time Perception*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DC01625/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS
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