Modeling sensorineural hearing loss. I. Model and retrospective evaluation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 188-202

  Humes, Larry E ^a   Espinoza Varas, Bias ^a   Watson, Charles S ^b  

^a Indiana University ^*

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023872650     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.396420     Document Type: Article

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