Detection and intensity discrimination of sinusoids
作者:
David M. Green,
Thomas E. Hanna,
Suzanne M. von Gierke,
期刊:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(AIP Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 76,
issue S1
页码: 12-13
ISSN:0001-4966
年代: 1984
DOI:10.1121/1.2021712
出版商: Acoustical Society of America
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Detectability of a 100‐ms 1000‐Hz sinusoid was measured in quiet and in broadband noise having a spectral level of 20 dB SPL. Intensity discrimination of an in‐phase increment was studied for standards that were −9, −6, −3, 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 dB relative to threshold. When discrimination thresholds were plotted in terms of signal amplitude versus standard level, all subjects showed nonmonotonic functions (negative masking). Smallest thresholds occurred when the standard was just detectable. These discrimination thresholds were about 10 dB lower than detection thresholds. Psychometric functions were measured for simple detection (no standard) and for intensity discrimination with a standard at threshold. For intensity discrimination,d′ was proportional to signal amplitude. For simple detection,d′ was proportional to signal amplitude to the fourth power. The results in noise agreed well with those in quiet, although there was a tendency to obtain more “negative masking” in quiet and psychometric functions for detection were slightly steeper in quiet. [Work supported by NSF.]
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