Loud flanking syllables immediately preceding a soft target induce forward masking
Evidence
In addition, ΔSRT for the dip conditions is larger than ΔSRT for constant conditions for all of the hearing impairment simulations. This difference in difficulty could be the result of forward masking since the gap between offset of the first syllable and the onset of the target syllable is less than 100 ms, and the third syllable limits any post processing of the second syllable. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4045
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4045
- XREF: connects to: Forward masking persists up to 200 ms after the masker ends; Sounds mask both preceding and following sounds in time; Compression loss most impairs recognition when a syllable is relatively quieter than its neighbors. (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Sound masking extends in time before and after the masker
#corroborates(0.90) - Loud speech can mask its own high-frequency components via upward spread of masking
#expands(0.85) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2480 - Slow release from forward masking impairs comprehension of rapid speech.
#expands(0.85) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1039 - Sound perception decays slowly and can mask a following sound
#corroborates(0.85) - Prolonged forward masking makes vowels mask consonants in impaired ears
#corroborates(0.80) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1111 - Within-speech forward masking hampers consonant identification for hearing-impaired listeners
#exemplifies(0.80) - Loss of peripheral compression alone impairs recognition of low-level syllables between louder ones
#corroborates(0.75) - Time-shifting an identical noise masker changes consonant perception measurably.
#exemplifies(0.75)