Effects of pulsing of a target tone on the ability to hear it out in different types of complex sounds

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2927-2937

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Glasberg, Brian R ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; AMPLITUDE MODULATED; CEILING EFFECTS; COMPLEX SOUNDS; PERCEPTUAL CONFUSION; TARGET AND BACKGROUND;

RECOVERY;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863104162     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3692243     Document Type: Article

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