Sentence examples for Masked sounds from inspiring English sources

Moore and Glasberg have revised Zwicker's loudness model to better explain (1) how equal-loudness contours change as a function of level, (2) why loudness remains constant as the bandwidth of a fixed-intensity sound increases up to the critical bandwidth, and (3) the loudness of partially masked sounds.

The results suggest that starlings are able to perceptually restore partly masked sounds and, similarly to humans, rely on prior experience.

Her father's breathing inside a gas mask sounds "like paper on fire".

While nuisance noise does not generally cause injury directly, in some instances it may mask sounds indicative of other developing hazards and may be a source of annoyance.

Other ways to reduce noise pollution include placing noise-absorbent or noise-deflecting barriers by the road or by making greater use of masking sounds such as water features and fountains, or trees that rustle in the wind.

I do honestly think the masking sounds cover external noises very well, to the point where you can't hear them at all.

As amazing as the new version of "Behind the Mask" sounds, for example, it isn't the version Michael last worked on in the early 1980s.

After our first tryst in my microscopic studio apartment, which required a playlist of songs to mask sounds we didn't want penetrating the paper-thin walls, we decided to hit a bar for happy hour.

In the presence of natural masking sounds, however, the effective detection distance will depend on the level and spatial distribution of the masking sound sources.

Thus, in the (unlikely) absence of any masking sounds, detection of breathing sounds could work over several tens of meters.

Predictability of masking sounds may reduce backward masking (that caused by noise following the signal) due to a learning effect (Kidd and Feth 1982; Moore 2003, pp. 107 116), which in turn may favor speech perception.