Forward masking operates centrally on auditory nerve firing patterns

Evidence

It is assumed that forward masking occurs during auditory neural processing, and that it operates on peripheral auditory output (i.e. neural firing in the auditory nerve). Since the compression component of the peripheral processing is normal in both the 80 year 100 % condition and the NH ‑30 dB condition, the level difference between syllable 2 and syllables 1 and 3 should be comparable in the peripheral output of any specific condition. In this case, ΔSRT provides a measure of the more central masking that occurs during neural processing. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4045

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that forward masking is modeled as central processing subsequent to peripheral compression.