Sound masking extends in time before and after the masker
- Masking effectiveness depends on masker-signal power, frequency, and timing relationships (similarity 0.88)
- Sounds can mask both slightly earlier and later probe sounds (similarity 0.87)
- Sounds mask both preceding and following sounds but forward masking dominates. (similarity 0.87)
- Masking thresholds can be transformed into time functions of specific loudness (similarity 0.86)
- A masker can mask sounds occurring before it is switched on. (similarity 0.86)
- Masking can occur even when the masker follows the test sound in time. (similarity 0.85)
- Temporal masking patterns comprise simultaneous, post, and premasking effects (similarity 0.85)
- Non-simultaneous masking lets sounds mask others at temporal offsets, not only together (similarity 0.84)
- A masker’s intensity, frequency content, and temporal pattern determine its masking capability. (similarity 0.84)
- Postmasking can last up to 200 milliseconds after a masker ends (similarity 0.84)
- Masking-period patterns reveal how masker phase within its period affects audibility (similarity 0.84)
- Forward masking measures temporal processing between distinct sounds. (similarity 0.84)
- Amounts of masking are expressed as dB differences, not absolute dB SPL levels. (similarity 0.84)
- Forward masking presents masker before signal so the two never overlap in time (similarity 0.83)
- Masking occurs before, during, and after a masker is present. (similarity 0.83)