A comparison of detection and discrimination of temporal asymmetry in amplitude modulation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 430-439

  Akeroyd, Michael A ^a,b   Patterson, Roy D ^b  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031033299     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417988     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Akeroyd, M. A., and Patterson, R. D. (1995). "Discrimination of wideband noises modulated by a temporally asymmetric function," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 2466-2474.
2. Bacon, S. P., and Grantham, D. W. (1989). "Modulation masking: Effects of modulation frequency, depth and phase," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85, 2575-2580.
3. Bacon, S. P., and Viemeister, N. F. (1985). "Temporal modulation transfer functions in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners," Audiology 24, 117-134.
4. Eddins, D. A. (1993). "Amplitude modulation detection of narrow-band noise: Effects of absolute bandwidth and frequency region," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 470-479.
5. Edwards, B. W., and Viemeister, N. F. (1994). "Modulation detection and discrimination with three-component signals," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 95, 2202-2212.
6. Formby, C., and Muir, K. (1988). "Modulation and gap detection for broad-band and filtered noise signals," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 84, 545-550.
7. Forrest, T. G., and Green, D. M. (1987). "Detection of partially filled gaps in noise and the temporal modulation transfer function," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82, 1933-1943.
8. Grantham, D. W., and Bacon, S. P. (1991). "Binaural modulation masking," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 89, 1340-1349.
9. Hall, J. W., and Grose, J. H. (1994). "Development of temporal resolution in children as measured by the temporal modulation transfer function," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 150-154.
10. Houtgast, T. (1989). "Frequency selectivity in amplitude-modulation detection," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85, 1676-1680.
11. Irino, T., and Patterson, R. D. (1996). "Temporal asymmetry in the auditory system," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, 2316-2331.
12. Irwin, R. J. (1989). "Psychometric functions for the discrimination of differences in intensity of Gaussian noise," Q. J. Exp. Psychol. 41A 655-674.
13. Jeffress, L. A. (1967). "Stimulus-orientated approach to detection reexamined," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 41, 480-488.
14. Levitt, H. L. (1971). "Transformed up-down methods in psychophysics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 49, 467-477.
15. Macmillan, N. A. (1971). "Detection and recognition of increments and decrements in auditory intensity," Percept. Psychophys. 10, 233-238.
16. Macmillan, N. A. (1973). "Detection and recognition of intensity changes in tone and noise: The detection-recognition disparity," Percept. Psychophys. 13, 65-75.
17. Moore, B. C. J., and Sek, A. (1992). "Detection of combined frequency and amplitude modulation," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 3119-3131.
18. Moore, B. C. J., and Sek, A. (1994a). "Discrimination of modulation type (amplitude modulation or frequency modulation) with and without background noise," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 726-732.
19. Moore, B. C. J., and Sek, A. (1994b). "Effects of carrier frequency and background noise on the detection of mixed modulation," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 741-751.
20. Moore, B. C. J., and Sek, A. (1995). "Effects of carrier frequency, modulation rate, and modulation waveform on the detection of modulation and the discrimination of modulation type (amplitude modulation versus frequency modulation)," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 2468-2478.
21. Moore, B. C. J., and Sek, A. (1996). "Detection of frequency modulation at low rates: Evidence for a mechanism based on phase locking," J. Acoust. Soc. Am 100, 2320-2331.
22. Patterson, R. D. (1994a). "The sound of a sinusoid: Spectral models," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 1409-1418.
23. Patterson, R. D. (1994b). "The sound of a sinusoid: Time-interval models," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 1419-1428.
24. Schroeder, M. R. (1981). "Modulation transfer functions: Definition and measurement," Acustica 49, 179-182.
25. Scott, D. M., and Humes, L. E. (1990). "Modulation transfer functions: A comparison of the results of three methods," J. Speech Hear. Res. 33, 390-397.
26. Sheft, S., and Yost, W. A. (1990). "Temporal integration in amplitude modulation detection," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 796-805.
27. Stephenson, G. (1973). Mathematical Methods for Science Students (Longman Scientific and Technical, Harlow, Essex, UK), 2nd ed.
28. Strickland, E. A., and Viemeister, N. F. (1996). "Cues for discrimination of envelopes," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, 3638-3646.
29. Viemeister, N. F. (1979). "Temporal modulation transfer functions based upon modulation thresholds," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 66, 1364-1380.