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forward masking
forward masking Forward masking is an auditory testing approach in which an earlier sound makes a later, low-level sound harder or just impossible to hear.
Forward masking is an auditory testing approach in which an earlier sound makes a later, low-level sound harder or just impossible to hear. It is used in temporal masking curve methods to study cochlear or basilar-membrane input-output characteristics and aspects of hearing loss beyond simple tone-detection thresholds.