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Tests of human auditory temporal resolution: preliminary investigation of ZEST parameters for amplitude modulation detection.


ABSTRACT: Auditory temporal resolution plays a critical role in the everyday experience of listening to complex acoustic patterns. Amplitude modulation detection thresholds are widely used to measure auditory temporal resolution. In an attempt to develop a standardized clinical test of auditory temporal resolution, we used ZEST (Zippy Estimation by Sequential Testing, a Bayesian threshold estimation procedure, to measure amplitude modulation detection thresholds. ZEST utilizes prior knowledge about a listener's thresholds, as represented by a probability density function of the thresholds, and psychometric functions of the listener's responses. This paper reports a preliminary study in which ZEST parameters that could be used for measurements of amplitude modulation detection thresholds were sought. For this purpose, we created histograms of the detection thresholds for a wide range of modulation frequencies, measured the psychometric functions of amplitude modulation detection, and performed computer simulations of ZEST threshold estimation. The results suggested that, with appropriately-set parameters, ZEST allows for the accurate estimation of amplitude modulation detection thresholds within 20 trials.

SUBMITTER: Mori S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10354262 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tests of human auditory temporal resolution: preliminary investigation of ZEST parameters for amplitude modulation detection.

Mori Shuji S   Morimoto Takashi T   Murata Yuto Y   Okamoto Yasuhide Y   Kanzaki Sho S  

Frontiers in neuroscience 20230705


Auditory temporal resolution plays a critical role in the everyday experience of listening to complex acoustic patterns. Amplitude modulation detection thresholds are widely used to measure auditory temporal resolution. In an attempt to develop a standardized clinical test of auditory temporal resolution, we used ZEST (Zippy Estimation by Sequential Testing, a Bayesian threshold estimation procedure, to measure amplitude modulation detection thresholds. ZEST utilizes prior knowledge about a list  ...[more]

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