Sequential streaming and effective level differences due to phase-spectrum manipulations

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1665-1673

  Stainsby, Thomas H ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a   Medland, Peter J ^a   Glasberg, Brian R ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; MASKS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PHASE SPECTRUM MANIPULATIONS; SEQUENTIAL STREAMING;

ACOUSTIC STREAMING;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842582715     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1650288     Document Type: Article

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