# THE AUDITORY MODELING TOOLBOX

Applies to version: 0.9.8

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# culling2005_bmld - Binaural Masking Level Difference

## Input parameters

 coherence Maximum of the interaural cross-correlation, the value should be between 0 and 1. phase_target Interaural phase difference of target signal, between 0 and $$2\pi$$ phase_int Interaural phase difference of the interfering source, between 0 and $$2\pi$$ fc Centre frequency of the frequency channel

## Output parameters

 bmld_output improvement in predicted signal threshold when phase_target and phase_int differ compared to when they are the same.

culling2005_bmld(coherence,phase_target,phase_int,fc) calculates the binaural masking level differencefor a signal in broadband noise. The input noise coherence and phase must be pre-calculated for the frequency channel bearng the signal. See jelfs2011 for an example on how to calculate these.

## References:

J. F. Culling, M. L. Hawley, and R. Y. Litovsky. The role of head-induced interaural time and level differences in the speech reception threshold for multiple interfering sound sources. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 116(2):1057-1065, august 2004.

J. F. Culling, M. L. Hawley, and R. Y. Litovsky. Erratum: The role of head-induced interaural time and level differences in the speech reception threshold for multiple interfering sound sources. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 118(1):552-552, July 2005.