A detection-theoretic framework for modeling informational masking

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lutfi, Robert A ^a   Chang, An Chieh ^a   Stamas, Jacob ^a   Gilbertson, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATIONAL MASKING; MAJOR FACTORS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ACOUSTICS;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

AUDITORY PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84865093429     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4734575     Document Type: Article

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