The influence of carrier level and frequency on modulation and beat-detection thresholds for sinusoidal carriers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 723-734

  Kohlrausch, Armin ^a,b   Fassel, Ralf ^a,b,d   Dau, Torsten ^c  

^a Institute for Perception Research Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d Akustik Technologie Göttingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033871124     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.429605     Document Type: Article

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