دورية أكاديمية

Temporal integration of infrasound at threshold

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العنوان: Temporal integration of infrasound at threshold
المؤلفون: Friedrich, Björn, Joost, Holger, Fedtke, Thomas, Verhey, Jesko L.
المساهمون: Dykstra, Andrew R, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
المصدر: PLOS ONE ; volume 18, issue 7, page e0289216 ; ISSN 1932-6203
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: PLOS Publications (via CrossRef)
الوصف: Infrasounds are signals with frequencies below the classical audio-frequency range, i.e., below 20 Hz. Several previous studies have shown that infrasound is audible as well, provided that the sound level is high enough. Hence, the sound pressure levels at threshold are much higher than those in the classical audio-frequency range. The present study investigates how the duration and the shape of the temporal envelope affect thresholds of infrasound stimuli in quiet. Two envelope types were considered: one where the duration of the steady state was varied (plateau bursts) and one where the number of consecutive onset–offset bursts was varied (multiple bursts). Stimuli were presented monaurally to human listeners by means of a low-distortion sound reproduction system. For both envelope types, thresholds decrease with increasing duration, a phenomenon often referred to as temporal integration. At the same duration, thresholds for plateau-burst stimuli are typically lower than those for multiple-burst stimuli. The data are well described by a slightly modified version of a model that was previously developed to account for temporal integration in the classical audio-frequency range. The results suggest similar mechanisms underlying the detection of stimuli with frequencies in the infrasound and in the classical audio-frequency range. Since the model accounts for the effect of duration and, more generally, the shape of the envelope, it can be used to enhance the comparability of existing and future datasets of thresholds for infrasounds with different temporal stimulus parameters.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289216
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289216Test
حقوق: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.B154F27E
قاعدة البيانات: BASE