title: The masking plateau revisited.
abstract: The masking plateau is defined in terms of effective masking. Formulas are advanced to indicate conditions of under-masking, minimum masking, the plateau, maximum masking, and overmasking.
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D006801:Humans; D010470:Perceptual Masking