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M B Tarakanov

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PubMed2001

The effect of masking noise on rippled-spectrum resolution.

Ripple-density resolution in a rippled sound spectrum (probe band) under the effect of another band (masker) was studied in normal listeners. The resolvable ripple density in the probe band was measured using a phase-reversal test. The principle of the test was to find the highest ripple density at which an interchange of mutual peak and valley position (the ripple phase reversal) was detectable. Probe bands were 0.5 octave (oct) wide with center frequencies of 1, 2, and 4 kHz. When a masker band was below the probe one (a low-frequency masker), it markedly reduced the ripple-density resolution. The effect of the low-frequency masker enhanced (ripple-density resolution decreased) with decreasing the stop-band (frequency spacing) between the probe and masker bands. The strongest masker effect was observed at zero spacing between the probe and masker bands. However, when the probe band overlapped the masker one so that no masker power was below the probe band, the masker effect diminished (ripple-density resolution partially released). Increase of the masker bandwidth above 0.5 oct by shifting its lower boundary downwards did not enhance the masker effect. Masker bands above the probe one (high-frequency maskers) did not influence the ripple-density resolution.

Acoustic Stimulation↗
PubMed1999

Ripple depth and density resolution of rippled noise.

Depth resolution of spectral ripples was measured in normal humans using a phase-reversal test. The principle of the test was to find the lowest ripple depth at which an interchange of peak and trough position (the phase reversal) in the rippled spectrum is detectable. Using this test, ripple-depth thresholds were measured as a function of ripple density of octave-band rippled noise at center frequencies from 0.5 to 8 kHz. The ripple-depth threshold in the power domain was around 0.2 at low ripple densities of 4-5 relative units (center-frequency-to-ripple-spacing ratio) or 3-3.5 ripples/oct. The threshold increased with the ripple density increase. It reached the highest possible level of 1.0 at ripple density from 7.5 relative units at 0.5 kHz center frequency to 14.3 relative units at 8 kHz (5.2 to 10.0 ripple/oct, respectively). The interrelation between the ripple depth threshold and ripple density can be satisfactorily described by transfer of the signal by frequency-tuned auditory filters.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Ripple density resolution for various rippled-noise patterns.

Ripple-density resolution was measured in normal humans using rippled noise with a phase-reversal test. The principle of the test was to find the highest ripple density at which an interchange of spectral peak and trough positions (the phase reversal) is detectable. Different rippled noise patterns were used: (i) either frequency-proportional or constant ripple spacing; (ii) various bandwidth; and (iii) either steep or shallow slopes of the spectrum envelope. When tested with frequency-proportional rippled noise, ripple-density resolution as expressed in relative units (the center frequency to ripple spacing ratio) little depended on frequency within a range of 1 to 8 kHz: from 11.4 at 1 kHz to 14.9 at 8 kHz, mean 13.1. These values were virtually independent on noise bandwidth. When tested with constant ripple spacing, the resolution was of similar values taking the relative ripple density at the lower part of the passband. Being measured by noise with steep spectral edges, the resolution was five units higher than it was for shallow-enveloped spectra, thus suggesting some edge effects at the spectrum boundaries. The resolution values obtained were about twice higher than those predicted by peripheral auditory filter tuning.

Adult↗
PubMed1997

Frequency-temporal resolution of hearing measured by rippled noise.

Frequency-temporal resolution of hearing was measured in normal hearers using rippled noise stimulation in conjunction with a phase-reversal test. The principle of the test was to interchange peak and trough positions (the phase reversal) and to find the highest ripple density at which such interchange is detectable depending on reversal rate. The measurements were made using narrow-band noises with center frequencies of 0.5-4 kHz. The ripple-density resolution limits were constant at phase-reversal rates below 2-3/s and diminished at higher phase-reversal rates. A model is proposed to explain the data based on the envelope fluctuations inherent in noise; these fluctuations are supposed to limit detection of frequency-temporal sound patterns.

Acoustic Stimulation↗
PubMed1994

Frequency resolving power measured by rippled noise.

Frequency resolving power (FRP) was measured in normal humans using rippled noise with a phase-reversal test. The principle of the test was to find the highest ripple density at which an interchange of mutual peak and trough position (the phase reversal) in the rippled spectrum is detectable. In the frequency range below 0.5 kHz FRP was found to be about 21 ripples per kHz when tested by both broad-band and narrow-band rippled noise. In the frequency range above 2 kHz, FRP measured by the narrow-band rippled noise was 22 to 23 relative units (relation of the noise central frequency to the ripple frequency spacing).

Acoustic Stimulation↗