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Profile analysis and background noise.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3745673     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Spectral shape discrimination, or profile analysis, of complex waveforms (21 components) in the presence of broadband noise and special sinusoidal maskers of random amplitude was studied. The first experiment involved the discrimination between a standard flat spectrum and a "rippled" spectrum in broadband noise of different spectrum levels. Thresholds obtained under control conditions, without noise or without a standard, were used to estimate constants of an equation that predict thresholds where standard and noise are both present. The model assumes an external variance, produced by the noise, is added linearly to an internal variance caused by the flat standard. The mean squared error is less than 2 dB. The second experiment involved the detection of an increment on the center component of the 21-component standard. Added to the standard was an additional masking sinusoid of random amplitude. Both the frequency and the range of the random amplitude were varied and both showed a systematic influence on the detectability of the 1000-Hz increment.
Authors:
D M Green; T G Forrest
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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:  80     ISSN:  0001-4966     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  1986 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1986-10-15     Completed Date:  1986-10-15     Revised Date:  2006-12-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  416-21     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attention
Auditory Threshold
Humans
Loudness Perception
Noise*
Perceptual Masking*
Pitch Discrimination*

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