
doi: 10.1121/1.5036338
Klumpp and Eady (1956, J Acoust Soc Am 28, p.859-860) reported preliminary data on human sensitivity to interaural time differences (ITD) with various stimuli. At 10 μs ITD the best discrimination of 79% correct was reported for band-pass filtered (150-1700 Hz) noise. Despite the preliminary nature, and presentation methods different from todays, the above is still the best available reference for optimal ITD discrimination. The goal of the current study is to systematically determine the stimulus and the experimental paradigm that results in the smallest threshold ITD and to provide an accurate reference value. We varied seven stimulus and procedure parameters: stimulus waveform, stimulation level, stimulus duration, adaptive versus constant stimulus procedure, alternative-forced-choice (AFC) procedure, inter-stimulus pause duration, and complete waveform versus ongoing ITD. The condition yielding the lowest threshold ITD was Gaussian noise band-pass filtered from 20 to 1400 Hz, presented at 70 dB SPL, with a short inter-stimulus pause of 50 ms, and an interval duration of 0.5 s. Averaged across 8 trained subjects, the threshold ITD for this condition at the 79% correct level was 7 μs. The influence of each parameter will be discussed together with the obstacles of accurately determining this value.
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