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Masking Effects of Noise on Pure Tones

The document outlines various types of masking effects on pure tones, detailing how different noise types (broadband, narrowband, low-pass, and high-pass) influence masked thresholds. It highlights the linear behavior of masking with broadband noise and the non-linear frequency dependence observed with narrowband noise. Additionally, it notes that masked thresholds can be similar to those produced by white noise under certain conditions.

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Masking Effects of Noise on Pure Tones

The document outlines various types of masking effects on pure tones, detailing how different noise types (broadband, narrowband, low-pass, and high-pass) influence masked thresholds. It highlights the linear behavior of masking with broadband noise and the non-linear frequency dependence observed with narrowband noise. Additionally, it notes that masked thresholds can be similar to those produced by white noise under certain conditions.

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no Type of masking Masker Masking Pattern Description

1 Pure Tones Broad-  Threshold in quiet is indicated by the broken


Masked by Band Noise line.
Noise  Above about 500 Hz, the masked thresholds
rise with increasing frequency. The slope of
this increase corresponds to about 10 dB per
decade, illustrated by the dotted line.
 At low frequencies, the masked thresholds lie
about 17 dB above the given density level.
Thus numbers representing the values of
spectral density, IWN, indicate that even
negative values of the density level produce
masking. Increasing the density level by 10
dB shifts the masked threshold upwards by
the same 10 dB.
 This interesting result indicates the linear
behaviour of masking produced by broad-
band noises. At very low and very high
frequencies, masked thresholds are the same
as the threshold in quiet.
2 Pure Tones  All masked thresholds show a very steep rise
Masked by Narrow- from low to higher frequencies before the
Band noise maximum masking is reached.
Noise
 The slope of this rise seems to be independent
of the level of the noise masker, and the
maximum always is reached 3 dB below the
level of the masking noise.
 Beyond the maximum, the masked thresholds
decay towards lower levels quite quickly for
low and medium masker levels.
 At higher masker levels, however, the slope
towards high frequencies becomes
increasingly shallow. Therefore, the
frequency dependence of the masked
threshold is level-dependent or non-linear.
3 Pure Tones Low Pass  Below the cut-off frequency of the low-pass
Masked by and High noise, the masked thresholds are the same as
Pass Noise found using white noise as masker.
Noise
 The same holds true for frequencies of the
test tone above the cut-off frequency of the
high-pass noise. There, the masked threshold
increases with the test-tone frequency by
about 10 dB per decade.
 This means that masking on the slopes
produced by band-limited noises can be
approximated by the sound pressure levels of
the masker falling within the critical band at
the cut-off.
4 Pure Tones Pure Tones
Masked by
Tones
5 Pure Tones Complex
Masked by Tones
Tones

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