Method-of-adjustment measures of informational masking between auditory streams

J Acoust Soc Am. 2008 Jul;124(1):EL1-7. doi: 10.1121/1.2918786.

Abstract

A method-of-adjustment procedure was used to measure thresholds for detecting a continuous sequence of brief 2-kHz tonal pulses in the presence of random-frequency masking sequences. Masker pulses consisted of either one or eight sinusoidal components and were either synchronous or asynchronous with the signal pulses. Effects of pulse rate and asynchronous gating were generally consistent with a reduction in informational masking due to segregation of the signal and masker streams. Despite use of continuous stimulus presentation to encourage stream segregation, masking was still obtained from most listeners in most conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Auditory Perception*
  • Humans
  • Perceptual Masking*
  • Signal Detection, Psychological