... dB SPL for 400 -Hz tone). Three curves are shown, for 400 -Hzmaskers at 40, 60, and 80 dB SPL.Masking is greatest for probe frequencies slightly above or below the masker frequency of 400 Hz.Maximumprobe-to-masker ... dB SPL masker, and −14 dB for a 40 dB SPL masker.Masking decreases as probe frequency gets closer to 400 Hz. The probe frequencies closest to 400 Hz are 397 and 403 Hz, and at these frequencies ... Moore,B.C.J.andGlasberg,B.R.,Suggestedformulaeforcalculatingauditory-filterbandwidthsand excitation patterns,J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 74: 750-757, 1983b.[27] Noll, P., MPEG/ Audio coding standards. [28] Reynolds, G.S. and Stevens, S.S., Binaural summation of loudness,J. Acoust....