Forward and Backward Masking between Acoustic Clicks
David H. Raab · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1961
The masking of one click by another was studied as a function of the time interval between the pulses. Two-alternative forced-choice procedures were employed to measure thresholds before and after the masking click. Both forward and backward masking were found; the forward effect was more pronounced and longer lasting. Backward masking studied in this way extends beyond what can be explained by peripheral intensity-latency conversions.