Aural masking
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1. The process by which the threshold of audibility for one sound is raised by the presence of another (masking) sound.
2. The amount by which the threshold of audibility of a sound is raised by the presence of another (masking) sound. The unit customarily used is the decibel.
Reference: ANSI
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)
