Auditory Adaptation
- 1 March 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Vol. 29 (3), 357-363
- https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1908889
Abstract
The apparent decline in the ear''s response under sustained stimulation, a phenomenon which has been variously labeled "auditory fatigue," "perstimulatory fatigue," and "auditory adaptation," was measured for pure tones over a wide range of frequencies and intensities by the median-plane-localization method. For a given intensity, Increasing the frequency from 125-1000 cps increased both the initial rate and maximum amount of adaptation. Above 1000 cps, further increases in frequency did not appreciably change the adaptation curves. For a given frequency, increasing the intensity of the sustained stimulus also increased both initial rate and maximum amount of adaptation. The function relating adaptation to stimulus intensity was, in general, negatively accelerated. The duration of sustained stimulation at which adaptation reached a maximum value was related to both frequency and intensity.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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