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The role of suppression in psychophysical tone-on-tone masking.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20058983     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study tested the hypothesis that suppression contributes to the difference between simultaneous masking (SM) and forward masking (FM). To obtain an alternative estimate of suppression, distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) were measured in the presence of a suppressor tone. Psychophysical-masking and DPOAE-suppression measurements were made in 22 normal-hearing subjects for a 4000-Hz signal/f(2) and two masker/suppressor frequencies: 2141 and 4281 Hz. Differences between SM and FM at the same masker level were used to provide a psychophysical estimate of suppression. The increase in L(2) to maintain a constant output (L(d)) provided a DPOAE estimate of suppression for a range of suppressor levels. The similarity of the psychophysical and DPOAE estimates for the two masker/suppressor frequencies suggests that the difference in amount of masking between SM and FM is at least partially due to suppression.
Authors:
Joyce Rodríguez; Stephen T Neely; Harisadhan Patra; Judy Kopun; Walt Jesteadt; Hongyang Tan; Michael P Gorga
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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:  127     ISSN:  1520-8524     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Acoust. Soc. Am.     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-11     Completed Date:  2010-03-01     Revised Date:  2011-07-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503051     Medline TA:  J Acoust Soc Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  361-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA. rodríguezj@boystown.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adolescent
Adult
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Auditory Threshold
Humans
Middle Aged
Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
Perceptual Masking / physiology*
Psychoacoustics
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P30 004662//PHS HHS; R01 DC002251-15/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC002251-16/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC006350/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R0DRÍGUEZJ@BOYSTOWN.ORG//PHS HHS; T32 DC000013/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS
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