Temporal processing of sound has three distinct measurable categories.

Evidence

Temporal processing measures relate to the ability of the ear to perceive a variety of temporal events in sound and fall into distinct categories: temporal resolution, temporal masking, and temporal integration. Temporal resolution experiments, such as gap detection and amplitude modulation detection, reflect the ability of the ear to represent the envelope of a stimulus. Temporal masking experiments are also used to measure the amount and duration of internal decay produced by a masker. Temporal integration experiments measure the ability of the ear to benefit from increasing the duration of the stimulus. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1121

Categorization

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