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Additivity of masking and auditory compression

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Plack, C.J., O’Hanlon, C.G., Drga, V. (2005). Additivity of masking and auditory compression. In: Pressnitzer, D., de Cheveigné, A., McAdams, S., Collet, L. (eds) Auditory Signal Processing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27045-0_8

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