Masking occurs when one sound interferes with perceiving another

Evidence

We call this effect masking, broadly defined as the process by which the presence of one sound interferes with the perception of another. In this chapter, we are concerned with the effect masking has on detection ability. However, masking can also be applied to discrimination, recognition, and comprehension. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 392

Categorization

• DEFINE: Gives the core definition of masking and its three distinguishable scopes (detection vs. discrimination vs. recognition).
• XREF: connects to: The precedence effect makes the listening room’s first reflections mask the recorded hall’s acoustics — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2267