Tests of human auditory temporal resolution: Experimental examination of a Bayesian adaptive procedure

Auditory temporal resolution plays a critical role in the everyday experience of listening to complex acoustic patterns. The two most commonly used methods for obtaining measures of auditory temporal resolution are gap detection and amplitude modulation (AM) detection. In an attempt to develop a standardized clinical test of auditory temporal resolution, we used Zippy Estimation by Sequential Testing (ZEST), a Bayesian threshold estimation procedure, to measure gap and AM detection thresholds. I