Auditory masking

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Auditory Masking

Auditory masking is a phenomenon that occurs when the perception of one sound is affected by the presence of another sound. This can happen when the two sounds are presented simultaneously, or when one sound is presented immediately before or after the other.

Pronunciation

Auditory masking is pronounced as /ˈɔːdɪtəri ˈmæskɪŋ/.

Etymology

The term "auditory masking" is derived from the English words "auditory", meaning related to the sense of hearing, and "masking", meaning to conceal or obscure.

Types of Auditory Masking

There are two main types of auditory masking: Simultaneous masking and Temporal masking.

Simultaneous masking occurs when a sound is masked by another sound that is present at the same time.

Temporal masking can be of two types: Preceding masking (also known as backward masking), where a sound is masked by a subsequent sound, and Following masking (also known as forward masking), where a sound is masked by a preceding sound.

Related Terms

  • Psychoacoustics: The scientific study of the perception of sound, including how sound is perceived by the human ear and brain.
  • Threshold of hearing: The minimum sound level that the human ear can perceive.
  • Signal-to-noise ratio: A measure that compares the level of a desired signal to the level of background noise.
  • Critical band: The frequency bandwidth of the "auditory filter" created by the cochlea, the sense organ of hearing.

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