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1Center for Hearing Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE 68131, USA. nizamii2@aol.com
Abstract:
Detection thresholds were obtained for Gaussian-shaped tone-pips of 1, 2, 3, or 4 periods duration for 20 frequencies spanning 50-3,000 Hz, in quiet, and in high-pass noise, for a single exceptionally patient and experienced listener. Thresholds were fitted by straight lines in decibels SPL versus the logarithm of duration. Slopes fell into 3 distinct regimes of frequency-dependence under both listening conditions. Models of Garner and of Formby, et al. do not account for this relation.
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