Masking effects of speech and music: Does the masker's hierarchical structure matter?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-308

  Shi, Lu Feng ^a   Law, Yvonne ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949711238     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903350188     Document Type: Article

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