On the near non-existence of "pure" energetic masking release for speech

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1967-1977

  Stone, Michael A ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION;

AUDITORY FILTERS; CONSTANT ENVELOPE; DIFFERENT SLOPES; ENERGETIC MASKING; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTION; SINUSOIDAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920414797     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: 15208524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4868392     Document Type: Article

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