Toward a clinical procedure for narrowband gap detection I: a psychophysical procedure.
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.
Florentine
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Institute for Hearing, Speech and Language, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Buus
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Geng
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D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D011601:Psychophysics; D013997:Time Factors