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Level dependence in behavioral measurements of auditory-filter phase characteristics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19894830     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Two masking experiments were conducted to behaviorally estimate auditory-filter phase curvatures at different stimulus levels. Maskers were harmonic complexes consisting of equal-amplitude tones and phase spectra with varied curvatures. In Experiment 1, sinusoidal signal thresholds were measured at 2 and 4 kHz at fixed masker levels ranging from 50 to 90 dB sound pressure level (SPL). In Experiment 2, the masker level that just masked a sinusoidal signal at 2 and 4 kHz was measured at fixed signal levels of 25, 38, and 50 dB SPL. For both experiments, the estimated phase curvature approached zero (became less negative) with increasing stimulus level. This shift could suggest that the off-frequency phase characteristic of the auditory filter has an increasingly greater role on the estimated auditory-filter phase curvature at higher stimulus levels. This explanation is supported through the use of psychophysical modeling.
Authors:
Yi Shen; Jennifer J Lentz
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America     Volume:  126     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-09     Completed Date:  2010-01-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2501-10     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7000, USA. shen2@indiana.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation / methods
Adult
Auditory Pathways / physiology*
Cochlea / physiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Models, Neurological*
Perceptual Masking / physiology*
Psychoacoustics*
Young Adult

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