title: A model of loudness summation applied to noise-induced hearing loss.
abstract: The main contention of this paper is that Zwicker's model of loudness summation is applicable to observers with noise-induced hearing loss when certain parameters of the model are modified. Two types of measurement were obtained in observers with normal hearing and noise-induced hearing loss: loudness summation as a function of level and narrow-band masking. These measurements provided a basis for modifying the parameters of the model. Results suggest that the model of loudness summation is applicable to observers with noise-induced hearing loss when the presence of recruitment and reduced frequency selectivity is taken into account.
mesh_terms: D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010470:Perceptual Masking