Temporal partial masking of loudness is robust across sound types and frequencies

Evidence

Similar effects can be measured at other test-tone frequencies and with different sounds. The effect can be measured most easily for sounds which have different characteristics in timbre. Tones and noises are very useful for this reason. However, complex tones, or tones composed of many harmonics can also be used, instead of pure tones. The effect is relatively independent of the type of test sound. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1245