masking pattern

the detection thresholds as a function of frequency for a pure-tone signal masked by a sound whose spectral characteristics and level are fixed. The y-axis may be either the level of the signal at threshold (in decibels sound-pressure level) or the amount of masking. Also called masked audiogram. See auditory masking.

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Nothnagel’s acroparesthesia

see acroparesthesia. [Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (1841–1905), German neurologist]