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Citation

Schneider BA, Morrongiello BA, Trehub SE. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1990; 16(3): 642-652.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2144577

Abstract

Masked thresholds at two signal frequencies (0.8 and 4 kHz) were obtained from listeners aged 6.5 months, 2 years, 5 years, and 20.5 years in the presence of constant spectrum level, narrowband maskers of differing bandwidths. Consistent with the classical results of Fletcher (1940), masked threshold for all age groups increased with bandwidth up to a critical width, beyond which further increases in bandwidth were ineffective in increasing threshold. These critical widths (estimates of critical band size) did not change substantially with age (critical widths for infants were no more than 50% larger than those of adults) despite substantial changes in masked thresholds with age. Thus, contrary to previous claims, changes in auditory filter width cannot account for developmental changes in masked or absolute thresholds.


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