Auditory Filter Shapes

The topic of auditory filter banks was introduced in §7.3.1 above. In this implementation, the auditory filters were synthesized from the Equivalent Rectangular Bandwidth (ERB) frequency scale, discussed in §E.5. The auditory filter-bank shapes are a function of level, so, ideally, the true physical amplitude level of the input signal at the ear(s) should be known. The auditory filter shape at 1 kHz in response to a sinusoidal excitation for a variety of amplitudes is shown in Fig.7.6.

Figure 7.6: Excitation patterns for a 1 kHz sinusoid at different levels.