Masker effectiveness is determined solely by power falling within one auditory filter.

Evidence

The results from Hawkins and Stevens (1950) illustrate a small, but robust, effect of signal frequency. However, we can better observe the relationship between the frequency of maskers and the frequencies of the signals when experiments are conducted under variable frequency conditions. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 461 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Each masker dominates masking only within its own frequency region.; Auditory masking depends only on energy within a band surrounding the signal.; A masker raises the audibility threshold of a test sound. (+3 more)

Related

• Masking operates on a continuous scale between audible and fully masked. (similarity 0.93)
• Each masker dominates masking only within its own frequency region. (similarity 0.93)
• Auditory masking depends only on energy within a band surrounding the signal. (similarity 0.91)
• Masking effectiveness depends on masker-signal power, frequency, and timing relationships (similarity 0.90)
• A masker raises the audibility threshold of a test sound. (similarity 0.89)
• Uniform masking noise is engineered as the inverse of white-noise masking’s frequency dependence. (similarity 0.89)
• Masking experiments infer auditory representation from masker effects on signals. (similarity 0.88)
• Masking effectiveness depends only on masker power inside the critical band. (similarity 0.88)
• Masking noise prevents listeners from using unintended spectral cues (similarity 0.88)
• A masker masks most when its frequency matches the signal frequency (similarity 0.88)
• Equal-level narrow-band maskers mask less at higher centre frequencies (similarity 0.88)
• Masking depends on stimulus fluctuations in ways steady-state models cannot predict. (similarity 0.88)
• Psychophysical tuning curves map masker level needed to just mask a fixed tone. (similarity 0.87)
• Masking acts within critical bandwidths, leaving distant-frequency sounds unaffected (similarity 0.87)
• Louder maskers increasingly mask high frequencies over low ones. (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Auditory masking depends only on energy within a band surrounding the signal. #corroborates (0.95)
• Masking effectiveness depends on masker-signal power, frequency, and timing relationships #contradicts (0.90) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 461
• Auditory filters are analyzed one component at a time to build up complex effects #expands (0.80)
• A masker raises the audibility threshold of a test sound. #expands (0.75)
• Masking experiments infer auditory representation from masker effects on signals. #expands (0.75) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 441