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Sensitivity to envelope coherence.

D M Green·V M Richards·Z A Onsan
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Measurements are reported on the ability of observers to discriminate whether the envelope of two amplitude-modulated sinusoids are in phase or out of phase. Spacing between the two carriers was either 2/3 or 4/3 octave, and the depth of modulation was varied to determine threshold. Discrimination performance improved as the level of the carriers increases up to about 60 dB SPL. The frequency locus of the two carriers (geometric mean of the two frequencies), which varied from 500 to 8000 Hz in different experiments, had little effect on discrimination accuracy. Discrimination performance was relatively constant for modulation rates below 100 Hz and deteriorates for higher modulation rates. These results are compared with data obtained from comodulation masking release experiments.

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D M Green, V M Richards, Z A Onsan. 1990. Sensitivity to envelope coherence.. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.399299

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