journal article
Dec 01, 2010
Effects of the use of personal music players on amplitude modulation detection and frequency discrimination
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Vol. 128
No. 6
pp. 3634-3641
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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Abstract
Measures of auditory performance were compared for an experimental group who listened regularly to music via personal music players (PMP) and a control group who did not. Absolute thresholds were similar for the two groups for frequencies up to 2 kHz, but the experimental group had slightly but significantly higher thresholds at higher frequencies. Thresholds for the frequency discrimination of pure tones were measured for a sensation level (SL) of 20 dB and center frequencies of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 kHz. Thresholds were significantly higher (worse) for the experimental than for the control group for frequencies from 3 to 8 kHz, but not for lower frequencies. Thresholds for detecting sinusoidal amplitude modulation (AM) were measured for SLs of 10 and 20 dB, using four carrier frequencies 0.5, 3, 4, and 6 kHz, and three modulation frequencies 4, 16, and 50 Hz. Thresholds were significantly lower (better) for the experimental than for the control group for the 4- and 6-kHz carriers, but not for the other carriers. It is concluded that listening to music via PMP can have subtle effects on frequency discrimination and AM detection.
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- Dec 01, 2010
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- 128(6)
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- 3634-3641
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S. N. Vinay, Brian C. J. Moore (2010). Effects of the use of personal music players on amplitude modulation detection and frequency discrimination. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(6), 3634-3641. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3500679
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