Estimate of auditory filter shape using notched-noise masking for various signal frequencies

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Unoki, Masashi ^a   Ito, Kazuhito ^a,b   Ishimoto, Yuichi ^a   Tan, Chin Tuan ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Auditory filter shape; Compression; Frequency selectivity; Notched noise masking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE ABATEMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AUDITORY FILTERS; NOTCHED-NOISE MASKERS; SIGNAL FREQUENCIES; SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS;

NOTCH FILTERS;

EID: 29744438836     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.27.1     Document Type: Article

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