The modulated-unmodulated difference: Effects of signal frequency and masker modulation depth

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3617-3624

  Bacon, Sid P ^a   Lee, Jungmee ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 0030919137     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.418322     Document Type: Article

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