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Temporal resolution describes the ability of the auditory system to analyze rapid fluctuations in sound intensity. A common psychophysical procedure for estimating temporal resolution is the forward masking paradigm. In the traditional forward masking study, a listener is asked to detect a brief probe stimulus which is preceded in time by a masking stimulus. When the time interval between masker offset and probe onset is greater than 200 ms, the threshold of the probe tone is typically unaffected by the masker. However, as the masker-probe interval decreases, the threshold of the probe increases. Furthermore, the threshold of the probe increases as the intensity and duration of the masker increase (Luscher and Zwislocki, 1949; Harris, 1950; Elliott, 1962; Wilson, 1970).
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Boettcher, F.A., Salvi, R.J., Saunders, S.S. (1988). Forward Masking of Single Neurons in the Cochlear Nucleus. In: Syka, J., Masterton, R.B. (eds) Auditory Pathway. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1300-7_20
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