A general equation describing frequency discrimination as a function of frequency and sensation level

1983 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 2117-2123 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Nelson ◽  
Mary E. Stanton ◽  
Richard L. Freyman
Keyword(s):  
General Equation ◽  
Frequency Discrimination ◽  
Sensation Level

Frequency discrimination as a function of frequency and sensation level

1977 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig C. Wier ◽  
Walt Jesteadt ◽  
David M. Green
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Discrimination ◽  
Sensation Level

Low-Frequency Vowel Formant Discrimination in Hearing-Impaired Listeners

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Pickett ◽  
J. Mártony
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Discrimination Performance ◽  
Frequency Discrimination ◽  
Auditory Discrimination ◽  
Frequency Change ◽  
Adaptive Procedure ◽  
Sensation Level ◽  
Formant Frequency ◽  
Vowel Formant ◽  
Measure Of Discrimination

Measurements of vowel formant discrimination were made on 6 listeners with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing losses and compared with discrimination in 4 normal listeners. The measure of discrimination was the size of the threshold for a frequency change in the formant of a synthetic vowel. An adaptive procedure was used to locate threshold. Results indicated that, at two low formant locations, 205 and 275 Hz, sensorineural discrimination was equal to normal; at 400 and 875 Hz, however, the sensorineural subjects had less discrimination than normal. Learning to maximum discrimination performance was slow for the sensorineural subjects at the two higher formant locations. Formant frequency discrimination appeared to be insensitive to changes in sensation level. Tactual discrimination tests with the vowel stimuli indicated that the obtained performance levels for very poor discrimination may have reflected tactual discrimination rather than auditory discrimination.

Children's Performance on a Binaural Fusion Task

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce L. Plakke ◽  
Daniel J. Orchik ◽  
Daniel S. Beasley
Keyword(s):  
Enhancement Effect ◽  
Sensation Level ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Filter Bandwidth ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Presentation Modes ◽  
Monosyllabic Words ◽  
Better Than

Binaural auditory fusion of 108 children (4, 6, and 8 years old) was studied using three lists of monosyllabic words (WIPI) presented at two sensation levels (30 and 40 dB). The words were processed to produce three bandwidth conditions (100, 300, 600 Hz) and were administered via three presentation modes (binaural fusion 1, diotic, binaural fusion 2). Results showed improved discrimination scores with increasing age, sensation level, and filter bandwidth. Diotic scores were better than binaural fusion scores for the narrower bandwidth conditions, but the diotic enhancement effect was seriously compromised in the widest bandwidth (600 Hz) condition. The results confirmed the contention that prior research results were equivocal due, in large measure, to procedural variability. Methods for reducing such variability and enhancing the clinical viability of binaural fusion tasks are suggested.

The Effects of Variable-Interval and Fixed-Interval Signal Presentation Schedules on the Auditory Evoked Response

1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Nelson ◽  
Frank M. Lassman ◽  
Richard L. Hoel
Keyword(s):  
Variable Interval ◽  
Tone Burst ◽  
Signal Amplitude ◽  
Fixed Interval ◽  
Interval Schedule ◽  
Sensation Level ◽  
Fixed Interval Schedule ◽  
Auditory Evoked Responses ◽  
Auditory Evoked Response ◽  
Signal Presentation

Averaged auditory evoked responses to 1000-Hz 20-msec tone bursts were obtained from normal-hearing adults under two different intersignal interval schedules: (1) a fixed-interval schedule with 2-sec intersignal intervals, and (2) a variable-interval schedule of intersignal intervals ranging randomly from 1.0 sec to 4.5 sec with a mean of 2 sec. Peak-to-peak amplitudes (N 1 — P 2 ) as well as latencies of components P 1 , N 1 , P 2 , and N 2 were compared under the two different conditions of intersignal interval. No consistent or significant differences between variable- and fixed-interval schedules were found in the averaged responses to signals of either 20 dB SL or 50 dB SL. Neither were there significant schedule differences when 35 or 70 epochs were averaged per response. There were, however, significant effects due to signal amplitude and to the number of epochs averaged per response. Response amplitude increased and response latency decreased with sensation level of the tone burst.

Frequency Discrimination in Regions of Normal and Impaired Sensitivity

1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher W. Turner ◽  
David A. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Discrimination

Temporal-Gap Detection by Cochlear Prosthesis Users

1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 849-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Preece ◽  
Richard S. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Magnitude Estimation ◽  
Stimulus Level ◽  
Electrode Placement ◽  
Frequency Effect ◽  
Gap Detection ◽  
Cochlear Prosthesis ◽  
Sensation Level

Minimum-detectable gaps for sinusoidal stimuli were measured for three users of a multi electrode cochlear prosthesis as functions of stimulus level, frequency, and electrode place within the cochlea. Stimulus level was scaled by sensation level and by growth-of-loudness functions generated for each condition by direct magnitude estimation. Minimum-detectable gaps decreased with increase in either sensation level or loudness, up to a plateau. When compared at equal sensation levels, the minimum-detectable gaps decreased with frequency increases. The frequency effect on minimum-detectable gaps is reduced if the data are considered at equal loudness. Comparison across place of stimulation within the cochlea showed minimum-detectable gaps to be shorter for more basal electrode placement at low stimulus levels. No differences in minimum-detectable gap as a function of place were found at higher stimulus levels.

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