Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Compressive nonlinearity of human hearing in sound spectra discrimination

  • Physiology
  • Published:
Doklady Biological Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In the psychophysical experiments reported here, cochlear compression function was derived by comparing on-frequency and off-frequency masking. The signal was rippled spectrum noise. The ripple density discrimination threshold was measured in the ripple phase reversion test. An increase in masker intensity led to a decrease in a resolvable ripple density threshold. The on-frequency masker level at threshold increased proportionally to the signal intensity. The off-frequency masker level at threshold also increased proportionally to the signal at signal intensity levels below 50 dB, whereas at signal levels above 60 dB SPL, the ratio of the masker level at threshold gradient to signal level gradient was 1 : 5 dB/dB, revealing cochlear compression.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Viemeister, N.F., Hearng Res., 1988, vol. 34, pp. 267–274.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Ruggero, M.A., in The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neurophysiology, Popper, A.N. and Fay, R.R., Eds., New York: Springer, 1992, pp. 34–93.

  3. Robles, L. and Ruggero, M.A., Physiol. Rev., 2001, vol. 81, pp. 1305–1352.

    CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Oxenham, A.J. and Plack, C.J., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1997, vol. 101, pp. 3666–3675.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Nelson, D.A., Schroder, A.C., and Wojtczak, M., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 2001, vol. 110, pp. 2045–2064.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Lopez-Poveda, E.A., Plack, C.J., and Meddis, R., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 2003, vol. 113, pp. 951–960.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Supin, A.Ya., Popov, V.V., Milekhina, O.N., and Tarakanov, M.B., Hearing Res., 2001, vol. 151, pp. 157–166.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Supin, A.Ya., Popov, V.V., Milekhina, O.N., and Tarakanov, M.B., Hearing Res., 2003, vol. 185, pp. 1–12.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Supin, A.Ya., Popov, V., Milekhina, O.N., and Tarakanov, M.B., Hearing Res., 2005, vol. 204, pp. 191–199.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    O. N. Milekhina, D. I. Nechaev & A. Ya. Supin

Authors
  1. O. N. Milekhina
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. I. Nechaev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. A. Ya. Supin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. Ya. Supin.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © O.N. Milekhina, D.I. Nechaev, A.Ya. Supin, 2017, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2017, Vol. 474, No. 4, pp. 517–520.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Milekhina, O.N., Nechaev, D.I. & Supin, A.Y. Compressive nonlinearity of human hearing in sound spectra discrimination. Dokl Biol Sci 474, 89–92 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496617030073

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496617030073

Search

Navigation