<s>
Illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
is	O
an	O
auditory	B-Application
illusion	I-Application
in	O
which	O
a	O
continuous	O
ongoing	O
sound	O
becomes	O
inaudible	O
during	O
a	O
brief	O
,	O
non-masking	O
noise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
estimated	O
that	O
among	O
young	O
adults	O
24%	O
are	O
susceptible	O
to	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
is	O
strongest	O
when	O
the	O
interrupting	O
sound	O
is	O
short	O
(	O
50ms	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Longer	O
sounds	O
elicit	O
weaker	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
;	O
this	O
effect	O
may	O
be	O
related	O
to	O
better	O
auditory	O
segregation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
is	O
antagonistic	O
with	O
illusory	B-Application
continuity	I-Application
of	I-Application
tones	I-Application
(	O
auditory	O
filling-in	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
illusory	B-Application
continuity	I-Application
restores	O
perceptual	O
continuity	O
of	O
obscured	O
sounds	O
,	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
disrupts	O
the	O
perception	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
sound	O
is	O
indeed	O
continuous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Listeners	O
strongly	O
susceptible	O
to	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
do	O
not	O
perceive	O
illusory	O
auditory	O
continuity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
cannot	O
be	O
explained	O
by	O
simultaneous	O
masking	O
,	O
because	O
it	O
appears	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
noise	O
is	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
one	O
octave	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
suggested	O
that	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
is	O
related	O
to	O
inability	O
to	O
segregate	O
the	O
ongoing	O
sound	O
from	O
the	O
interrupting	O
noise	O
,	O
although	O
more	O
research	O
is	O
needed	O
to	O
prove	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mechanism	O
of	O
the	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
is	O
unknown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
electroencephalographic	B-Application
study	O
has	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
participants	O
who	O
were	O
not	O
prone	O
to	O
illusory	B-Application
discontinuity	I-Application
showed	O
robust	O
early	O
neural	O
responses	O
at	O
40	O
–	O
66	O
ms	O
after	O
noise	O
burst	O
onset	O
,	O
whereas	O
those	O
prone	O
to	O
the	O
illusion	O
lacked	O
these	O
early	O
responses	O
.	O
</s>
