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Detection of frequency modulation (FM) in the presence of a second FM tone
A S Wilson1, J W Hall, J H Grose
1Division of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina Medical School, Chapel Hill 27599.
Abstract:
A series of three experiments was undertaken to investigate detection of sinusoidal frequency modulation (FM) in the presence of FM at a separate frequency. The first experiment measured detection of modulation for an FM tone with a modulation frequency (fm) of 6 Hz as a function of carrier frequency (fc) under three conditions: (1) in quiet, (2) in the presence of a 2500-Hz pure tone, and (3) in the presence of a 2500-Hz FM tone with fm = 6 Hz, modulating in phase with the signal. Detection of FM in the presence of the second FM tone was worse than for either the signal presented in quiet or in the presence of the unmodulated tone. Threshold varied as an inverse function of frequency separation between the signal and the masker. In the second experiment, FM detection for a signal with fc = 1900 Hz and fm = 6 Hz was measured as a function of the modulation frequency (fm = 2-18 Hz) of the 2500-Hz masker tone. FM detection improved significantly with increasing difference between the modulation frequencies of the signal and the masker. The final experiment measured detection of FM for a signal (fc = 1900 Hz, fm = 6 Hz) in the presence of a second FM tone (fc = 2500 Hz, fm = 6 Hz) as a function of the relative phase of the 6-Hz modulators. Detection of FM improved monotonically as a function of increasing phase difference between the two modulators. The results are discussed in terms of modulation detection interference and perceptual grouping.
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