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When the stimuli were centered on 4 kHz, however, the hearing-impaired subjects required four to eight times more time delayed to perform as well as the normal listeners. This severe insensitivity to time-delay was accompanied by extremely steeply-sloped psychometric functions.","When the stimuli were presented at 25 dB sensation level, the most dramatic effects were observed in the data provided by the normal listeners at high signal frequencies. They now required extremely large time-delays; not unlike those required by the hearing-impaired listeners. Interestingly, the slopes of the psychometric functions for the normal subjects increased dramatically.","The results of the study clearly establish that very steep psychometric functions and relative insensitivity to interaural time-delay occur when stimuli are presented only 25 dB or so above a subject's threshold of detection. For normal subjects, one may simply increase the levels of the stimuli and note improvements in the ability to detect interaural time-delay. For hearing-impaired subjects, however, the physical levels of the stimuli are very high even when the stimuli are only about 25 dB above threshold. It remains to be seen whether amplification would result in greater sensitivity to interaural time-delay for the hearing-impaired subjects. Such efforts will have to take into account the effects of aural distortion and any acoustic trauma that may ensue.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T00:59:07Z (GMT). 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When the stimuli were centered on 4 kHz, however, the hearing-impaired subjects required four to eight times more time delayed to perform as well as the normal listeners. This severe insensitivity to time-delay was accompanied by extremely steeply-sloped psychometric functions.","When the stimuli were presented at 25 dB sensation level, the most dramatic effects were observed in the data provided by the normal listeners at high signal frequencies. They now required extremely large time-delays; not unlike those required by the hearing-impaired listeners. Interestingly, the slopes of the psychometric functions for the normal subjects increased dramatically.","The results of the study clearly establish that very steep psychometric functions and relative insensitivity to interaural time-delay occur when stimuli are presented only 25 dB or so above a subject's threshold of detection. For normal subjects, one may simply increase the levels of the stimuli and note improvements in the ability to detect interaural time-delay. For hearing-impaired subjects, however, the physical levels of the stimuli are very high even when the stimuli are only about 25 dB above threshold. It remains to be seen whether amplification would result in greater sensitivity to interaural time-delay for the hearing-impaired subjects. Such efforts will have to take into account the effects of aural distortion and any acoustic trauma that may ensue.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T00:59:07Z (GMT). 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