masking-level difference

An audiology term of art for the difference between masking effects under homophasic and antiphasic conditions. The binaural masking-level difference is measured as a function of duration of a uniform masking noise and of test tones (e.g., at 400 Hz and 800 Hz).

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The 500 Hz masking-level difference and word recognition in multitalker babble for 40to 89-year-old listeners with symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss.

Chronic effects of exposure to high-intensity blasts: results of tests of central auditory processing

Chronic conductive hearing loss in adults: Effects on the auditory brainstem response and masking-level difference. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998;124:678-85.

Auditory steady-state response audiometry in profound SNHL: The impact of abnormal middle ear function

Equalization and cancellation theory of binaural masking-level differences. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 35, 1206-1218.

Masking-level differences as a function of interaural disparities in intensity of signal and of noise.

Quantitative evaluation of a lateralization model of masking-level differences. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 50, 1116-1122.

Effects of frequency on free-field masking

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