Detection of time- and bandlimited increments and decrements in a random-level noise.

@article{Heinz1999DetectionOT,
  title={Detection of time- and bandlimited increments and decrements in a random-level noise.},
  author={Michael G. Heinz and Craig Formby},
  journal={The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
  year={1999},
  volume={106 1},
  pages={
          313-26
        }
}
  • M. Heinz, C. Formby
  • Published 30 June 1999
  • Physics
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
The purpose of this study was to compare detection of increments and decrements occurring over limited regions of time and frequency within a 500-ms broadband (0-6000 Hz) noise. Three listeners tracked detection thresholds adaptively in a two-interval, two-alternative forced-choice task. Thresholds were measured for both increments and decrements in level [delta L = 10 log10(1 + delta N0/N0) dB, where N0 is the spectral power density of the noise] as a function of signal duration (T = 30-500 ms… 
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