Abstract
It has been reported [D. McFadden, J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 40, 1414–1419 (1966)] that the magnitude of the advantage exhibited by the binaural auditory system over the monaural auditory system when detecting a pulsed tonal signal in a background of pulsed masking noise is partially determined by the amount of time by which the onset of the pulsed masker precedes the onset of the pulsed signal. The present study was intended to determine whether the magnitude of the binaural advantage could also be increased by extending the duration of the masker beyond the offset of the signal. In this masking condition the onsets of the signal and masker occur simultaneously, but the offset of the signal precedes the offset of the masker. The results indicate that the magnitude of the binaural advantage increases slightly as the masker extends beyond the offset of the signal. The results are discussed in reference to current explanations of binaural detection phenomena.
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