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Masking, The Critical Bandand Frequency Selectivity
Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda, Ph.D.Neuroscience Institute of Castilla y León
University of [email protected]
NEUROSCIENCE UConn Neuroscience in Salamanca, Spain May, 2009
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Aims
• Define the different forms of sound masking: simultaneous, forward and backward.
• Define auditory filter, tuning curve and critical band.• Describe common psychoacoustical methods to
measure auditory filters.• Define masking pattern and describe its common
interpretation.• Describe the neurophysiological basis of masking.• Define frequency selectivity and describe its main
characteristics in normal-hearing listeners.• Analyze the main consecuences of hearing impairement
on auditory frequency selectivity.
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Acknowledgements
• This presentation is inspired on a lecture prepared by author to be taught as part of the international AudiologyExpert degree of the University of Salamanca (Spain).
• Some figures and examples were adapted from severalsources (see references).
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What is (sound) masking?Just like a face mask hides the identity of itswearer, a sound can mask another soundmaking its perception (or detection) more difficult.
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In psycoacoustics
Masking is the process by which the detection threshold of a sound (called‘the signal’) is increased by the presence of another sound (called ‘themasker’).
The amount of masking is defined as the increase (in decibels) in thedetection threshold of a sound (signal) due to the presence of a maskersound.
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Types
Masker soundSignalSound time
Simultaneousmasking
Forward (post-stimulatory)
masking
Backward (pre-stimulatory)
masking
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Simultaneous masking: Auditoryfilters
time
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The “critical band”
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Signal detection thresholdincreases with increasingmasking noise bandwidth up to a point after which signal thresholdbecomes independent of maskerbandwidth.
Stimulus spectrum
2Critical bandwidth = 400 Hz
Schooneveldt GP, Moore BCJ. (1989). Comodulation masking release for various monaural and binaural combinations of the signal, on-frequency, and flanking bands. J Acoust Soc Am. 85(1):262-272.
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Auditory filters
Fc Frequency
To explain the previous result, Fletcher (1940) suggested that the auditorysystem behaves like a bank of overlapping bandpass filters. These filters are termed “auditory filters”.
Fletcher H. (1940). Auditory patterns. Rev. Mod. Phys. 12, 47-65.
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An explanation of the critical band
Frequency2 kHz
The amount of maskingincreases with increasing the
noise (masker) energy thatgets through the filter.
Further increases in noisebandwidth do not increase
the masker energy throughthe filter.
Up to a point…!
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Equivalent rectangular bandwidth(ERB)
FrequencyFc
ERB
An auditory filter (yellow area) and its ERB filter (green area). Both have different shapes but equal height and total area. Thatis, both let the same energy through.
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The masking threshold according toFletcher’s power spectrum model
Fletcher (1940) proposed that themasking threshold occurs when theacoustic power of the signal (S) atthe filter output is proportional to theacoustic power of the masker (M) atthe filter output:
S/M = k, with k being a proportionality constant.
For a noise masker with constantspectral density (N), and a criticalband W, masking threshold occurswhen:
S/(WxN) = k, hence W = S/(kxN).
Thus measuring S and knowing N, we can infer W.
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Caution!
Fletcher’s model is useful to explain severalauditory phenomena, but is just a model!
More details to come...
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How to estimate the shape of a filter?
Frequency
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Iso-stimulus curve Iso-response (tuning) curve
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How to estimate the shape of anauditory filter?
Signal frequency
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Iso-stimulus curve Iso-response (tuning) curve
Signal frequency
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Psychoacoustical tuning curves
Method B produces PSYCHOACOUSTICAL TUNING CURVES (PTCs).
Moore BCJ, Glasberg, BR (1986). Comparisons of frequency selectivity in simultaneous and forward masking for subjectswith unilateral cochlear impairments. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 80, 93-107.
Psychoacoustical tuningcurves for normal-hearing andhearing-impaired listeners. Signal was a 1-kHz pure toneat 10 dB SL. Masker wasnarrowband noise (Moore & Glasberg, 1986).
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Physiological and psychoacoustical tuning curves
Auditory nerve fibertuning curves (Palmer, 1987).
Psychoacoustical tuning curves (Vogten, 1974).
Palmer AR (1987). Physiology of the cochlear nerve and cochlear nucleus, in Hearing, edited by M.P. Haggard y E.F. Evans (Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh).Vogten, L.L.M. (1974). Pure-tone masking: A new result from a new method, in Facts and Models in Hearing, edited by E. Zwicker and E. Terhardt (Springer-Verlag, Berlin).
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Off-frequency listening
Fc Frequency
Off-frequency listening occurs because auditory filters are asymmetric and have steep high-frequency slopes (Moore, 1998).
Moore BCJ (1998). Cochlear Hearing Loss, Whurr Publishers, London.
Off-frequency listening is said to occur when the signal isdetected through a filter different from the one with a centerfrequency (Fc) equal to the signal frequency.
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The notch-noise method of Patterson(1976)
Frequency (linear scale)
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Notch-noise spectrum (green area) versus auditory filtershape (yellow area).
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The notch noise methodW1
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Signal detection threshold decreases withincreasing notch bandwidth. Filter shape isthe integral of the red curve (Patterson, 1976). This method reduces off-frequencylistening.
Patterson RD. (1976). “Auditory filter shapes derived with noise stimuli.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 59, 640-654.
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Auditory filters obtained with the notch-noise method
From: Baker S, Baker RJ. (2006). Auditory filter nonliearity across frequency using simultaneous notched-noise masking. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 454-462.
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Simultaneous masking: Maskingpatterns
Time
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What is a masking pattern?
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A masking pattern is a masked audiogram, i.e., a graphicalrepresentation of the audiogram measured while pure tones of differentfrequencies are presented in the presence of a masker sound (with anyspectrum).
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MASKINGPATTERN
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The masking pattern of a pure tone
From: Egan JP, Hake HW. (1950). On the masking pattern of a simple auditory stimulus. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 22, 622-630.
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The interpretation of a masking pattern
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From: Moore BCJ. (2003). An introduction to the psychology of hearing. 4 Ed. Academic Press, London.
It is assumed that the signal isdetected through the auditoryfilter giving the greatest signa-to-masker ratio at the output.
Therefore, a different detectionauditory filter is used as thesignal frequency changes. Thefrequency of the masker toneis fixed.
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The interpretation of a masking pattern
Frequency
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Moore BCJ. (2003). An introduction to the psychology of hearing. 4 Ed. Academic Press, London.
The illustration shows fivedetection auditory filters withdifferent center frequencies. Each filter has 0-dB gain at itstip. The vertical line illustratesthe pure tone signal whoseexcitation pattern is to be measured. The dots illustrate theexcitation of each filter in response to the masker tone.
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The excitation pattern
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Adapted from Moore (2003)
The excitation pattern (red curve) would be a plot of themasker output from eachfilter to the masker tone.
Therefore, it representssomething akin to the internalexcitation pattern of themasker spectrum.
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Indeed, it is possible to measure a masking patterfor any masker…
…and the result is thought to represent approximately the ‘internal’ excitationevoked by the masker.
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For example: The excitation pattern of a vowel
Espectra of synthesized/i/ & /æ/ vowels
Excitation patterns for three differentsubjects at different sound levels
/i/ /æ/
From Moore BCJ, Glasberg BR. (1983). “Masking patterns for synthetic vowels in simultaneous and forward masking,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 73, 906-917.
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The neurophysiological bases of simultaneousmasking
Simultaneousmasking
Simultaneousmasking
Neural response swamping
OtherNeural suppression
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Simultaneous masking may reflectswamping of neural responses
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Neural response tomasking noise
Neural response to puretone (signal)
Neural response tonoise+signal
Neural response to noise+ signal
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Simultaneous masking may reflectsuppression of neural activity to the signal
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Neural response tomasking noise
Neural response to a pure tone signal
Neural response to themasker+signal
Neural response tomasker + signal
A) B)
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Most probably, it is a combination of thosetwo plus other phenomena
Swamping
Suppression
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Masking
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The neurophysiological bases of (psychophysical) auditory filters
Auditory filtersAuditory filters
Basilar membranefrequency response
Inner hair cellfrequency response
Lateral inhibition
Other
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Auditory filters almost certainly reflect cochleartuning
From: Ruggero MA, Rich NC, Recio A, Narayan SS, Robles L. (1997). “Basilar-membrane responses to tones atthe base of the chinchilla cochlea,” J Acoust Soc Am. 101(4):2151-63.
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But the inner hair cell may also contribute!
Psychoacoustics(Lopez-Poveda et al., 2006)
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Lateral inhibition may also contribute to “sharpen”auditory filters
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Post-stimulatory (forward) masking
tiempo
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A sound may be masked by a preceeding sound
Left panels illustrate the amount of masking as a function of the time gap between the masker offset and the signal onset. The masker was a narrow-band noise. The signal was a pure tone. Each symbol is for a different masker level (in decibels).
Right panels illustrate the amount of masking as a function of the masker spectral level. Each symbol is for a different time gap (in ms).
Each row shows results for a different signal frequency (1, 2 and 4 kHz).
From: Moore BCJ, Glasberg BR (1983). Growth of masking for sinusoidal and noise maskers as a function of signal delay: implications for suppression in noise. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 73, 1249-1259.
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Psychoacoustical tuning curves measured withforward masking
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From: Lopez-Poveda, E. A., Barrios, L. F., Alves-Pinto, A. (2007). "Psychophysical estimates of level-dependent best-frequency shiftsin the apical region of the human basilar membrane," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121(6), 3646-3654.
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The neurophysiological bases of forward masking
Forward maskingForward masking
‘Ringing’ of basilar membraneresponses
Auditory nerveadaptation
Neural response persistence
Central inhibition
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Persistence of basilar membrane responses after maskeroffset (‘ringing’)
The response of the basilar membranedoes not end immediately after the stimulusoffset. Instead, it persists over a period oftime (as shown in the left figure). This‘ringing’ effect may make the detection ofthe following signal more difficult.
estímulo
From: Recio A, Rich NC, Narayan SS, Ruggero MA. (1998). “Basilar-membrane responses to clicks at the base of the chinchilla cochlea,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103, 1972-1989.
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Auditory nerve fiber adaptation
Stimulus Nerve response
Tiempo Tiempo
maskersignal
From: Meddis R, O’Mard LP. (2005). A computer model of the auditory-nerve response to forward-masking stimuli. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 3787-3798.
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Persistence of neural activity
masker
time
time
signalAcousticstimulus
Neuralactivity
The persistence of neural activity may impairthe detection of the signal.
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Central inhibition
1 2
delay
excitation
inhibition
maskersignal
Acousticstimulus
Activity of neuron1
time
Activity of neuron2
Inhibition induced by the masker
delay
Acousticstimulus
Neuralresponse
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Pre-stimulatory (backward) masking
Masker soundSignalsound Time
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Backward masking
• Little is known about it.• Hardly observed in well-trained subjects.• Possibly, listeners misinterpret the brief signal
with the start of the masker.
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Frequency selectivity
Enrique A. López-PovedaNeuroscience Institute of Castilla y León
University of [email protected]
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What is frequency selectivity?
+500 Hz 100 Hz
It is the ability toperceive separately
multiple frequencycomponents of a
complex sound
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How does it occur?
Apex
Low-frequency sound
High-frequency sound
Base
ApexBase
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It depends on the functional state of thecochlea
Normal cochlea Damaged cochlea
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Psychoacoustical measures offrequency selectivity
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Masking
maskersignal
masker signal
Simultaneous
Forward
Frequency selectivity may be measured using maskingtechniques like those previously described.
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Psychophysical tuning curves are a measure of frequency selectivity
From: Moore BCJ. (1998). Cochlear Hearing Loss. Whurr Publishers, London.
Psychoacoustical tuning curves have different shapes dependingon the masking method employedto measure them.
Curves measured with forwardmasking appear more tuned thanthose measured with simultaneousmasking.
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Cochlear suppression affects(psychoacoustical) frequency selectivity
tiempo
ampl
itude
tiempo
ampl
itude
time
ampl
itude
time
ampl
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Stimulus Auditory nerveresponse
Signal only
Masker + signal
The response to the signal islower in the presence of the
masker as a result of cochlearsuppression.
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Frequency selectivity in normal-hearing listeners
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Filter bandwidth varies with center frequency
From: Moore BCJ (1998). Cochlear Hearing Loss. Whurr Publishers, London.
From: Pickles JO (1988). An Introduction to thePsychology of Hearing. Academic Press, London.
Psychoacoustical estimates fornormal-hearing listeners
Auditory nerve data for cat
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Filter tuning varies with sound level
From: Moore BCJ (1998). Cochlear HearingLoss. Whurr Publishers, London.
From: Ruggero MA, Rich NC, Recio A, Narayan S, Robles L. (1997). Basilar membrane responses to tonesat the base of the chinchilla cochlea. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 2151-2163.
Psychoacoustical estimates fornormal-hearing listeners
CF = 1 kHz
Guinea-pig basilar membraneresponse
CF = 10 kHz
20
90 dB SPL
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Tuning also varies with sound level: Tuning curves
From: Lopez-Poveda, EA, Plack, CJ, and Meddis, R. (2003). “Cochlear nonlinearity between 500 and 8000 Hz in normal-hearing listeners,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 951-960.
800 2400 4000 5600 720020
40
60
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100
Frequency (Hz)
Mas
kerl
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(dB
SPL
)
From: Ruggero MA, Rich NC, Recio A, Narayan S, Robles L. (1997). Basilar membrane responses to tones at thebase of the chinchilla cochlea. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 2151-2163.
Psychoacoustical estimates fornormal-hearing listeners
CF = 4 kHz
Guinea-pig basilar membraneresponse
CF = 10 kHz
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Auditory filters
Adaptado de Baker y Rosen (2006)
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Frequency selectivity in the auditorynerve: intact and damaged cochleae
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Total outer hair cell (OHC) damage
Total OHC damage. Intact IHC.
normal
damaged
Total OHCdamage
IntactIHC
Tuning curvesCochlear status
From: Liberman MC, Dodds LW, Learson DA. (1986). “Structure-function correlation in noise-damaged ears: a light and electrone-microscopy study.” in RJ Salvi, D Henderson, RP Hamernik, V Colletti. Basic and applied aspects of noise-induced hearing loss. (Plenum Publishing Corp, 1986).
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Total OHC damage (cont.)
1. Reducedsensitivity, raisedresponse threshold.
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Total OHC damage (cont.)
2. Broader tuning, reduced frequencyselectivity.
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Total OHC damage (cont.)
3. Lowercharacteristicfrequency (CF).
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In vivo and post-mortem basilar membraneresponses
From: Sellick PM, Patuzzi R, Johnstone BM. (1982). Measurements of basilar membranemotion in ght guinea pig using the Mössbauser technique. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 72, 131-141.
The effects described before are similar to those observed when comparing in vivo and post-mortem basilar membrane tuning curves for the samecochlear region (left figure).
Consequently, it is generally thoughtthat auditory nerve tuning reflectsbasilar membrane tuning.
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Partial inner hair cell (IHC) damage
Partial IHC damage (arrow).Intact OHCs
normal
damaged
Normal OHCs
Partial IHCdamage
Tuning curvesCochlear status
From: Liberman MC, Dodds LW, Learson DA. (1986). “Structure-function correlation in noise-damaged ears: a light and electrone-microscopy study.” in RJ Salvi, D Henderson, RP Hamernik, V Colletti. Basic and applied aspects of noise-induced hearing loss. (Plenum Publishing Corp, 1986).
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Severe OHC and IHC damage
normal
damaged
SevereOHCdamage
SevereIHCdamage
Tuning curvesCochlear status
From: Liberman MC, Dodds LW, Learson DA. (1986). “Structure-function correlation in noise-damaged ears: a light and electrone-microscopy study.” in RJ Salvi, D Henderson, RP Hamernik, V Colletti. Basic and applied aspects of noise-induced hearing loss. (Plenum Publishing Corp, 1986).
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Partial (combined) OHC and IHC damage
Partial IHC damagePartial OHC damage
normal
damaged
PartialOHCdamage
PartialIHCdamage
Tuning curvesCochlear status
From: Liberman MC, Dodds LW, Learson DA. (1986). “Structure-function correlation in noise-damaged ears: a light and electrone-microscopy study.” in RJ Salvi, D Henderson, RP Hamernik, V Colletti. Basic and applied aspects of noise-induced hearing loss. (Plenum Publishing Corp, 1986).
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Frequency selectivity in normal-hearing listeners vs. listeners withcochlear hearing loss
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Difficult comparison because sound level is different!
Normal hearing Hearing impaired
Abs
olut
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arin
gth
resh
old
Filter shape varies with sound level and sound level is necessarilyhigher for hearing-impaired listeners.
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Difficult comparison because of off-frequency listening!
apexbase
ampl
itude
The signal should produce the maximum excitation at this point on the basilar membrane…
However, this will be actually the point of maximum excitation
1
2
Therefore, the signal is detected through auditory nerve fiber 2 and not 1 (despite the CF of the latter equals the signal frequency).
Basilar membrane travelling wave
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Psychoacoustical tuning curves
The signal was a pure tone of 1 kHz at 10 dB SL. The masker was a narrowband noise. From Moore & Glasberg(1986).
PTCs are broader for hearing-impaired listeners!
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Does frequency selectivity decrease with amoungof hearing loss?
From: Lopez-Poveda, EA, Plack, CJ, Meddis, R, and Blanco, JL. (2005). "Cochlear compression between 500 and 8000 Hz in listeners with moderate sensorineural hearing loss," Hearing Res. 205, 172-183.
Generally yes, but not always! The figure compares psychoacoustical tuning curves for two hearing impairedlisteners with similar losses at 4 kHz. Their tuning curves are very different (one of them isalmost normal).
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Why is this?
Possibly, the hearing loss oflistener DHA is due to outer haircell dysfunction…
…while that of listener ESR is dueto inner hair cell dysfunction.
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Dead (cochlear) regions
Audiogram of a patient with a cochlear dead region (in red) around2 kHz.
Psychoacoustical tuning curve of thesame patient for a 2-kHz signal.
From: Moore BCJ (1998). CochlearHearing Loss. Whurr Publishers, London.
IHC stereocilia in healthy(green) and dead (red) cochlear regions.
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Auditory filters in listeners with cochlear hearing loss
Cochlear hearing loss istypically (but not always) accompanied by auditoryfilters that are broader thannormal.
The figure illustrates 1-kHz filters for a collection oflisteners with unilaterlacochlear hearing loss.
Moore BCJ (1998). Cochlear HearingLoss. Whurr Publishers, London.
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Filter bandwidth increases onaverage with increasing absolutethreshold (thus the amount ofhearing loss).
The wide spread of valuesindicates, however, thatfilter bandwidth cannot be predicted based onabsolute threshold.
Moore BCJ (1998). Cochlear Hearing Loss. WhurrPublishers, London.
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Impaired speech perception with less frequencyselectivity
(HEARLOSS demo)
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