An aged auditory profile without compression shows the largest forward masking effect

Evidence

Figure 2b shows the difference between SRT in the dip and constant conditions; that is, ΔSRT relative to the constant condition. It provides a measure of the amount of any forward masking. A one-way ANOVA was performed to confirm the effect of hearing impairment simulation (F (2, 29) = 6.14, p = 0.0063). A multiple comparisons test (Tukey-Kramer HSD) showed that ΔSRT in the 80 year 0 % condition was significantly greater than in the 80 year 100 % condition, or the NH ‑30 dB condition (α= 0.05). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4087