Large FM deviations escape narrow-band masking by drifting into unmasked frequency ranges

Evidence

Sound of a given frequency can block our ability to hear softer sounds at nearby frequencies, but distant frequencies are not affected. The threshold for detecting the softer sound is raised by the presence of a louder sound within the same critical bandwidth. Even if the softer sound is audible, it will not seem as loud as it would if played alone. Similarly, two tones that fall within the same critical bandwidth will appear to be less loud together than two tones of the same total energy that fall outside each others’ critical bandwidths. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2009 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Masking acts within critical bandwidths, leaving distant-frequency sounds unaffected — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2009; Narrowband noise at a given frequency masks nearby tones much more than distant ones

Related

• Masking acts within critical bandwidths, leaving distant-frequency sounds unaffected (similarity 0.92)
• Noise fluctuations within narrow critical bands raise the masking index (similarity 0.89)
• Auditory masking depends only on energy within a band surrounding the signal. (similarity 0.89)
• Critical bandwidth marks the perceptual shift from rough to smooth tone resolution (similarity 0.88)
• Psychophysical tuning curves map masker level needed to just mask a fixed tone. (similarity 0.87)
• A narrow noise band can mask signals multiple octaves away at high stimulus levels. (similarity 0.87)
• Equal-level narrow-band maskers mask less at higher centre frequencies (similarity 0.86)
• Broadband maskers at low levels mask mid frequencies more than extremes. (similarity 0.85)
• White noise masked thresholds rise 10 dB per decade above 1 kHz (similarity 0.85)
• Increasing stimulus level broadens auditory filters and causes upward spread of masking (similarity 0.85)
• Masking spreads from a noise band to tones further away as masker level rises (similarity 0.84)
• Broad-band noise masking erases individual differences in quiet threshold (similarity 0.84)
• Partial masking shifts pitch away from the masker’s spectral region (similarity 0.84)
• Loud low-frequency tones mask high frequencies more than high tones mask low. (similarity 0.84)
• Two simultaneous maskers partition the spectrum where each dominates (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Narrowband noise at a given frequency masks nearby tones much more than distant ones #corroborates (0.85)
• Masking acts within critical bandwidths, leaving distant-frequency sounds unaffected #qualifies (0.82) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2009