Masking is quantified by the shift in a listener’s hearing-threshold curve
Evidence
As is the case with most psychoacoustic investigations, masking is usu ally discussed in terms of the masking effect one pure tone can have on another, and the result is extended to complex sounds by considering the masking effect in relation to individual components. (This is similar, for example, to the approach adopted in the section on consonance and disso nance in Chapter 3, Section 3.3.2.) In psychoacoustic terms, the threshold of hearing of the maskee is shifted when in the presence of the masker. This provides the basis upon which masking can be quantified as the shift of a listener’s threshold of hearing curve when a masker is present. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1633
As is the case with most psychoacoustic investigations, masking is usually discussed in terms of the masking effect one pure tone can have on another, and the result is extended to complex sounds by considering the masking effect in relation to individual components. (This is similar, for example, to the approach adopted in the section on consonance and dissonance in Chapter 3, Section 3.3.2.) In psychoacoustic terms, the threshold of hearing of the maskee is shifted when in the presence of the masker. This provides the basis upon which masking can be quantified as the shift of a listener’s threshold of hearing curve when a masker is present. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 1593
As is the case with most psychoacoustic investigations, masking is usu ally discussed in terms of the masking effect one pure tone can have on another, and the result is extended to complex sounds by considering the masking effect in relation to individual components. (This is similar, for example, to the approach adopted in the section on consonance and disso nance in Chapter 3, Section 3.3.2.) In psychoacoustic terms, the threshold of hearing of the maskee is shifted when in the presence of the masker. This provides the basis upon which masking can be quantified as the shift of a listener’s threshold of hearing curve when a masker is present. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1633
Categorization
- DEFINE: Establishes the precise quantitative definition of masking as a threshold shift, not just an intuitive difficulty.
- XREF: The decomposition-into-components method echoes how the book handles consonance/dissonance, a consistent analytic strategy across chapters.
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 1633; David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 1593