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The contralateral threshold shift was investigated as a function of various parameters of the masking and masked stimuli. Because of a measured high acoustic attenuation between the ears, the threshold shift is interpreted as central masking. Both steady-state and pulsed maskers were used and their effect on the contralateral threshold was determined as a function of the masker intensity, the frequency difference between the masking and masked tones, the time delay from the masker onset, and the duration of an intermittent masker.
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This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (NIH grant no. NB 03950-04).
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Zimslocki, J.J., Oamianopoulos, E.N., Buining, E. et al. Central masking: Some steady-state and transient effects. Perception & Psychophysics 2, 59–64 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212462
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