Psychophysical validation of calibrated white-noise and tuned-noise auditory masks for transcranial focused ultrasound
Martin T.W. Scott, Patti N Limon, Gerald R. Popelka, Kim Butts Pauly, Anthony M. Norcia, Ryan Thomas Ash
This study validates auditory noise masks to reduce the perceptibility of transcranial ultrasound, finding that high masker levels are needed and spectrum-tuned masks do not outperform white noise.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience