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  • Auditory perception
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Signal processing

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  • Auditory systems can discriminate between spectrally rippled and nonrippled noise signals.
  • Previous estimates suggest higher ripple-density resolution when discriminating rippled from nonrippled signals compared to two rippled signals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of low-frequency combination products in task-dependent ripple-density resolution estimates.
  • To determine if masking combination products affects the observed differences in resolution.

Main Methods:

  • A three-alternative forced-choice procedure with adaptive ripple-density variation was employed.
  • A noise band was used to mask the frequency band of expected low-frequency combination products.
  • Ripple-density resolution was measured for both masked and unmasked conditions.

Main Results:

  • Unmasked ripple-density resolution was 9.8 ripples/oct for rippled signals and 21.8 ripples/oct for nonrippled signals.
  • Low-frequency maskers reduced resolution, with nonrippled signals showing approximately twice the resolution of rippled signals at masker levels of -10 to 10 dB.
  • At a masker level of 20 dB, resolution decreased in both discrimination tasks.

Conclusions:

  • Low-frequency combination products are not responsible for the observed task-dependent differences in ripple-density resolution.
  • The mechanisms underlying enhanced resolution for nonrippled signals remain to be elucidated.