Temporary threshold shift for masked pure tones.
The present investigation examines the dependence of temporary threshold shift (TTS) on pre-exposure hearing level within the same group of normal hearers by simulating varying degrees of hearing loss via the addition of masking noise. The results confirm those of earlier studies and indicate that TTS decreases as hearing level increases. A model is developed which can account for the data of the present study as well as the results of previous investigations which utilized hearing-impaired subjects.
D000328:Adult; D001305:Auditory Fatigue; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010470:Perceptual Masking