scholarly journals Effects of Low-Pass Filtering on the Perception of Word-Final Plurality Markers in Children and Adults With Normal Hearing

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori J. Leibold ◽  
Hannah Hodson ◽  
Ryan W. McCreery ◽  
Lauren Calandruccio ◽  
Emily Buss
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Choice Task ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Cutoff Frequencies ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Forced Choice Task ◽  
The University ◽  
Age Range

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of low-pass filtering on the detection of word-final /s/ and /z/ for children and adults with normal hearing. Method Stimuli were nouns from the University of Western Ontario Plurals Test (Glista & Scollie, 2012), low-pass filtered with 5 different cutoff frequencies: 8000 Hz, 5000 Hz, 4000 Hz, 3000 Hz, and 2000 Hz. Listeners were children (age range = 7–13 years) and adults with normal hearing. The task was a 2-alternative forced-choice task with a picture-pointing response. Results Performance was worse for lower than for higher low-pass filter cutoff frequencies, but the effect of low-pass filtering was similar for children and adults. Nearly all listeners achieved 100% correct performance when stimuli were low-pass filtered with cutoff frequencies of 8000 Hz or 5000 Hz. Performance remained well above chance even for the most severe filtering condition (2000 Hz). Restricting high-frequency audibility influenced performance for plural items to a greater extent than for singular items. Conclusion The results indicate that children and adults with normal hearing can use acoustic information below the spectral range of frication noise typically associated with /s/ and /z/ to discriminate between singular and plural forms of nouns in the context of the University of Western Ontario Plurals Test.

Rapid Recovery of Wide-Bandwidth Photothermal Signals via Homodyne Photothermal Spectrometry: Theory and Methodology

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Power ◽  
M. C. Prystay
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Signal Recovery ◽  
Wide Bandwidth ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Filter Output ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Four Quadrant ◽  
Lock In

Homodyne photothermal spectrometry (HPS) is a very wide bandwidth signal recovery technique which uses many of the elements of lock-in detection at very low cost. The method uses a frequency sweep, with a high-frequency bandwidth of up to 10 MHz, to excite a linear photothermal system. The response sweep of the photothermal system is downshifted into a bandwidth of a few kilohertz by means of in-phase mixing with the excitation sweep with the use of a four-quadrant double-balanced mixer and a low-pass filter. Under conditions derived from theory, the filter output gives a good approximation to the real part of the photothermal system's frequency response, dispersed as a function of time. From a recording of this signal, the frequency and impulse response of the photothermal system are rapidly recovered at very high resolution. The method has been tested with the use of laser photopyroelectric effect spectrometry and provides an inexpensive, convenient method for the recovery of high-frequency photothermal signals.

Vibrational Fatigue Analysis of a Strain Loading Using the Frequency and Wavelet Filtering Methods

2011 ◽  
Vol 462-463 ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
Shahrum Abdullah ◽  
Edisah Putra Teuku ◽  
Zaki Nuawi Mohd. ◽  
Mohd. Nopiah Zulkifli
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Filter Design ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Morlet Wavelet ◽  
Wavelet Filtering ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Automotive Components ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Low Amplitude

This paper presents a comparison work between the filtering methods of fatigue strain loadings using the frequency spectrum and the wavelet transform (WT), in which a raw loading signal can be simplified for purpose of simulation. For this reason, the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and the Morlet wavelet algorithms were used in order to transform the vibrational fatigue time series into the frequency domain signal, leading to the observation of the frequency characteristics of the signal. To retain high amplitude cycles in the FFT algorithm, a low pass filter technique was applied to remove the high frequency signals with small amplitude that are non-damaging. The departure of high frequency information smoothed the low amplitude cycles at high frequency events in the fatigue signal. The Butterworth filter was selected as the most efficient filter design as it retained most of the fatigue damage and also had the capability to remove 30 % of the original low amplitude cycles. On the other hand, the Morlet wavelet managed to remove 64 % of the original 59 second signal. This wavelet filtering method removed 34 % more than the similar procedure applied through the FFT approach. Hence, this fatigue data summarising algorithm can be used for studying the durability characteristics of automotive components.

Closed horizontal wire loop as a low–pass filter in tem measuring systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay O. Kozhevnikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Response ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
External Noise ◽  
Measuring System ◽  
Electromagnetic Noise ◽  
Measuring Systems ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Horizontal Wire

The paper discusses the possibility of using a closed horizontal loop in a TEM measuring system to reduce the external high–frequency electromagnetic noise induced in a receiving loop. It is shown that the effect of an additional loop on the frequency response of the TEM measuring system is similar to that of a low–pass filter. In order to effectively reduce external noise, one should locate the auxiliary loop as close as possible to the receiver one.

Design of the Broadband Standard Signal Generator for Laser Locating System of the Mine Hoisting Container

2013 ◽  
Vol 427-429 ◽  
pp. 2033-2036
Author(s):  
Di Fan ◽  
Yan Gao ◽  
Yue Zhao
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Frequency Standard ◽  
Analog Filters ◽  
Laser Ranging ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Noise Disturbance ◽  
Standard Signal ◽  
Low Pass

As the key junction between the ground and underground, hoisting systems as well as mines themselves are of vital importance to coalmine production. Laser ranging method is studied as a new solution of getting the real-time position directly. Furthermore, multi-scale phase based laser ranging principles are utilized in the system. The paper is aimed to conduct research into the problems existing in standard signal generating while using laser to locating the hoisting container, and to design standard sine generator circuits with DDS technology and DDS devices AD9850 to generate multiple frequency standard signals. In view of the serious noise disturbance in high frequency output, 4-order Chebyshev low-pass filter is designed, by using the integrated analog filters LT 6600-15, to filter the sine signals from AD9850 and to effectively weaken the noise disturbance. The established practical circuits are tested, obtaining trillion level high frequency and low frequency sine signals and fulfilling the requirements for the location system of hoisting containers.

A modified Bessel filter for amplitude demodulation of respiratory electromyograms

1998 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 378-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Platt ◽  
Eric A. Hajduk ◽  
Manuel Hulliger ◽  
Paul A. Easton
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Stop Band ◽  
Pass Band ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Transient Characteristics ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Seventh Order ◽  
Frequency Components

Platt, Ronald S., Eric A. Hajduk, Manuel Hulliger, and Paul A. Easton. A modified Bessel filter for amplitude demodulation of respiratory electromyograms. J. Appl. Physiol. 84(1): 378–388, 1998.—We studied a device that is commonly used for amplitude demodulation of respiratory muscle electromyograms (EMG). This device contains a rectifier and a low-pass filter called a modified third-order Paynter filter. We characterized this filter and found that it has good transient characteristics that suit its task as an EMG demodulator, but it has poor high-frequency attenuation that passes interfering, higher frequency components to the output waveform. Therefore, we designed and constructed a new filter with transient characteristics that are comparable to those of the modified Paynter filter but with superior high-frequency attenuation. This new filter is a modified seventh-order Bessel filter. We also identified a simple technique to convert an existing modified Paynter filter back to an original Paynter filter. The original Paynter filter has a wider pass band than the modified Paynter filter but superior stop-band attenuation.

Suprathreshold Intrinsic Dynamics of the Human Visual System

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2883-2908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopathy Purushothaman ◽  
Haluk Öğmen ◽  
Harold E. Bedell
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Human Visual System ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Cortical Dynamics ◽  
Neural Activities ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Psychophysical Studies ◽  
Spatiotemporal Integration

Intrinsic high-frequency neural activities have been observed in the visual system of several species, but their functional significance for visual perception remains a fundamental puzzle in cognitive neuroscience. Spatiotemporal integration in the human visual system acts as a low-pass filter and makes the psychophysical observation of high-frequency activities very difficult. A computational model of retino-cortical dynamics (RECOD) is used to derive experimental paradigms that allow psychophysical studies of high-frequency neural activities. A reduced-parameter version of the model is used to quantitatively relate psychophysical data collected in two of these experimental paradigms. Statistical analysis shows that the model's account of the variance in the data is, in general, highly significant. We suggest that psychophysically measured oscillations reflect intrinsic neuronal oscillations observed in the visual cortex.

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