title: A method for evaluating the relation between sound source segregation and masking.
abstract: Sound source segregation refers to the ability to hear as separate entities two or more sound sources comprising a mixture. Masking refers to the ability of one sound to make another sound difficult to hear. Often in studies, masking is assumed to result from a failure of segregation, but this assumption may not always be correct. Here a method is offered to identify the relation between masking and sound source segregation in studies and an example is given of its application.
authors.affiliation: Auditory Behavioral Research Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. ralutfi@wisc.edu
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lutfi
authors.forename: Ching-Ju
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological; D013997:Time Factors