Impaired frequency selectivity and lost suppression increase masking and reduce spectral contrasts

Evidence

Poor frequency selectivity and loss of suppression would cause listeners with hearing loss to experience more masking and a loss of the important contrasts present in the spectrum. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 569

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Octave-band averaging can blur perceptually noticeable absorption variations — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1910