title: Toward a clinical procedure for narrowband gap detection I: a psychophysical procedure.
abstract: This paper examines a possible procedure for a clinical gap-detection test that is simple, frequency specific, and reliable. A cued yes-no method of maximum likelihood (MML) procedure was compared to an up-down three-interval, two-alternative, forced-choice procedure. Results from five trained and seven naive listeners indicate that the yes-no MML procedure yields valid and efficient estimates of narrowband gap-detection thresholds. Preliminary tests yield encouraging results.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Hearing, Speech and Language, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Florentine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buus
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Geng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D011601:Psychophysics; D013997:Time Factors