Enhancement of the edges of temporal masking functions by complex patterns of overshoot and undershoot

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2169-2187

  Formby, C ^a   Sherlock, L P ^a   Ferguson, S H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; HEARING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033624804     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428498     Document Type: Article

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