Peripheral versus central processing of a gap between two complex tones in young and old adults

Authors

  • Stephan De La Rosa Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd, Ont. L5L 1C6, Canada
  • Antje Heinrich Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd, Ont. L5L 1C6, Canada
  • A. Schneider Bruce Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd, Ont. L5L 1C6, Canada

Keywords:

Audition, Frequency modulation, Information analysis, Signal processing, Signal to noise ratio, Spectrum analysis, Speech intelligibility, Spurious signal noise, Auditory channels, Gap detection, Older adults, Spectral resolution

Abstract

The age differences in gap detection performance between two complex tones in young and old adults is discussed. In a gap detection task, the listener is asked to detect a period of silence between two sounds, the leading and lagging marker. The spectral content of the two markers does not overlap but detect a gap between different auditory channel. The results show that gap detection threshold are only elevated when the two markers do not share a common frequencies and have identifiably different fundamental frequencies.

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Published

2004-09-01

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1.
De La Rosa S, Heinrich A, Bruce AS. Peripheral versus central processing of a gap between two complex tones in young and old adults. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2004 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 19];32(3):188-9. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/1691

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 3 (2004)

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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