The detection of narrowband noise targets in maskers of equal-amplitude harmonics has been reported in an earlier contribution [4]. The results revealed that the masking patterns are strongly dependent on the fundamental frequency of the masker. In the present paper we report masking patterns of broadband harmonic complexes as a function of their spectral tilt and level, and the masking pattern of a vowel sound. We will focus on how the spectral masking patterns are influenced by temporal processes in the auditory system.
Keywords: Auditory masking.