Overshoot effect in older versus young adults with normal hearing

Authors

  • E.F. Wong National Centre for Audiology, Sch. of Commun. Sci. and Disorders, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. N6G 1H1, Canada
  • M.F. Cheesman National Centre for Audiology, Sch. of Commun. Sci. and Disorders, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. N6G 1H1, Canada

Keywords:

Acoustic waves, Neurophysiology, Speech intelligibility, Auditory signals, Overshoot effects

Abstract

The magnitude and time course of the overshoot effect in listeners with normal hearing and those with high-frequency hearing loss have been reported. Some normal hearing young adult subjects show little or no overshoot and some older adult subjects show larger degrees of overshoot. A sensorineural hearing loss may disrupt the mechanisms for a large overshoot effect in the frequency region of the hearing loss. The detection threshold for a signal near masker onset improves and reduces overall degree of overshoot, with temporary hearing loss using either intense sound exposure. Larger overshoot effects are observed in the presence of broadband maskers than maskers of a single critical bandwidth.

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Published

2000-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Wong E, Cheesman M. Overshoot effect in older versus young adults with normal hearing. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2000 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 8];28(3):122-3. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/1320

Issue

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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