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auditory masking
auditory masking Auditory masking is a hearing phenomenon in which one sound is made less audible by another sound that is close to it in frequency or occurs near it in time, when the other sound is strong enough.
Auditory masking is a hearing phenomenon in which one sound is made less audible by another sound that is close to it in frequency or occurs near it in time, when the other sound is strong enough. It includes simultaneous masking and temporal masking.