Factors affecting the loudness of modulated sounds. Moore, B.&nbsp;C.<nbsp>J., Vickers, D.&nbsp;A., & Baer, T. Acoustical Society of America, 105:2757-2772., 1999.
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Loudness matches were obtained between unmodulated carriers and carriers that were amplitude modulated either periodically (rates between 2 and 32 Hz, modulation sinusoidal either on a linear amplitude scale or on a dB scale; the latter is called dB modulation) or with the envelope of the speech of a single talker. The carrier was a 4-kHz sinusoid, white noise, or speech-shaped noise. Both normally hearing subjects and subjects with cochlear hearing loss were tested. Results were expressed as the root-mean-square (rms) level of the modulated carrier minus the level of the unmodulated carrier at the point of equal loudness. If this difference is positive, this indicates that the modulated carrier has a higher rms level at the point of equal loudness. For normally hearing subjects, the results show: (1) For a 4000-Hz sinusoidal carrier, the difference was slightly positive (averaging about 0.7 dB). There was no significant effect of modulation rate or level over the range 20-80 dB SL. (2) For a speech-shaped noise or white noise carrier, the difference was close to zero, although for large modulation depths it tended to be negative. There was no clear effect of level (over the range 35-75 dB SPL) or modulation rate. For the hearing-impaired subjects, the differences were small, but tended to be slightly negative for both the 4000-Hz carrier and the noise carriers, when the modulation rate was above 2 Hz. Again, there was no clear effect of overall level. However, for dB modulation, the differences became more negative with increasing modulation depth. For modulation rates in the range 4-32 Hz, the results could be fitted reasonably well using the assumption that the loudness of modulated sounds is based on the rms value of the time-varying intensity of the response of the basilar membrane (taking into account the compression that occurs in the normal cochlea). The implications of the results for the fitting of multi-band compression hearing aids and for the design of loudness meters are discussed.
@article{ Moore1999,
  abstract = {Loudness matches were obtained between unmodulated carriers and carriers
	that were amplitude modulated either periodically (rates between
	2 and 32 Hz, modulation sinusoidal either on a linear amplitude scale
	or on a dB scale; the latter is called dB modulation) or with the
	envelope of the speech of a single talker. The carrier was a 4-kHz
	sinusoid, white noise, or speech-shaped noise. Both normally hearing
	subjects and subjects with cochlear hearing loss were tested. Results
	were expressed as the root-mean-square (rms) level of the modulated
	carrier minus the level of the unmodulated carrier at the point of
	equal loudness. If this difference is positive, this indicates that
	the modulated carrier has a higher rms level at the point of equal
	loudness. For normally hearing subjects, the results show: (1) For
	a 4000-Hz sinusoidal carrier, the difference was slightly positive
	(averaging about 0.7 dB). There was no significant effect of modulation
	rate or level over the range 20-80 dB SL. (2) For a speech-shaped
	noise or white noise carrier, the difference was close to zero, although
	for large modulation depths it tended to be negative. There was no
	clear effect of level (over the range 35-75 dB SPL) or modulation
	rate. For the hearing-impaired subjects, the differences were small,
	but tended to be slightly negative for both the 4000-Hz carrier and
	the noise carriers, when the modulation rate was above 2 Hz. Again,
	there was no clear effect of overall level. However, for dB modulation,
	the differences became more negative with increasing modulation depth.
	For modulation rates in the range 4-32 Hz, the results could be fitted
	reasonably well using the assumption that the loudness of modulated
	sounds is based on the rms value of the time-varying intensity of
	the response of the basilar membrane (taking into account the compression
	that occurs in the normal cochlea). The implications of the results
	for the fitting of multi-band compression hearing aids and for the
	design of loudness meters are discussed.},
  added-at = {2012-01-27T14:10:42.000+0100},
  author = {Moore, Brian C. J. and Vickers, Deborah A. and Baer, Thomas},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a9c7b78f6d98f90b0951c351a73b4d52/muhe},
  file = {Factors affecting the loudness of modulated sounds.pdf:1999\\Factors affecting the loudness of modulated sounds.pdf:PDF},
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  intrahash = {a9c7b78f6d98f90b0951c351a73b4d52},
  journal = {Acoustical Society of America},
  keywords = {Wahrnehmung Wirkung und},
  owner = {Mu},
  pages = {2757-2772.},
  pdf = {English\没什么用的\Factors affecting the loudness of modulated sounds.pdf},
  title = {Factors affecting the loudness of modulated sounds},
  volume = {105},
  year = {1999}
}

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