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Spectral integration and wideband analysis in gap detection and overshoot paradigms.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18247767     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Several listening conditions show that energy remote from a target frequency can deleteriously affect sensitivity. One interpretation of such results entails a wideband analysis involving a wide predetection filter. The present study tested the hypothesis that both temporal gap detection and overshoot results are consistent with a wideband analysis, as contrasted with statistical combination of information across independent channels. For gap detection, stimuli were random or comodulated 50-Hz-wide noise bands centered on 1000, 1932, 3569, and 6437 Hz. For overshoot, the masker was an 8-kHz low-pass filtered noise, with 5-ms tone bursts presented at the same center frequencies used for gap detection. Signals were presented with either 0- or 250-ms delay after masker onset. In each paradigm, the target was introduced at only one frequency or at all four frequencies. Results from gap detection conditions did not favor a wideband analysis interpretation: Results in the random condition were consistent with an optimal combination of cues across frequency. An across-channel interference effect was also evident when only one of the four bands contained the gap. Although results from the overshoot conditions were consistent with a wideband analysis interpretation, they were more parsimoniously accounted for in terms of statistical combination of information.
Authors:
Joseph W Hall; Emily Buss; John H Grose
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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:  122     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2007 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-02-05     Completed Date:  2008-03-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3598-608     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. jwh@med.unc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adult
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
Auditory Perception*
Auditory Threshold
Cues
Humans
Middle Aged
Perceptual Masking*
Psychometrics
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 DC01507/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS

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