Auditory N1 component to gaps in continuous narrowband noises.

Objectives: To determine whether (1) the auditory N1 component can be elicited to gaps in continuous narrowband noises, (2) psychophysical and electrophysiological gap thresholds (PGTs and EGTs) are similar to one another, and (3) EGTs are the same for all narrowband noise center frequencies.

Design: PGTs and EGTs were obtained from 18 normal-hearing young-adult listeners to gaps in continuous narrowband noises with center frequencies of 0.5, 1, or 4 kHz.