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Effect of listeners' language backgrounds on pure tone detection in temporally modulated noise
1State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease and National Clinical Research Center for Oral Disease, Department of Cleft Clip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Abstract:
Previous studies in our laboratory showed that English-native listeners had greater masking release from the temporal variation in noise than Chinese-native listeners in speech perception tasks. The goal of this study was to examine whether the advantage of temporal dip listening for English-native listeners was also presented in non-speech perception. Thresholds of temporal modulation detection and thresholds of tone detection in stationary and temporally modulated noise were measured for English- and Chinese-native listeners. Results indicated significant group difference in the masking release for tone detection, but with no difference in temporal modulation detection, suggesting the language effects on psychoacoustical temporal processing.
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