Effect of step size on clinical and adaptive 2IFC procedures in quiet and in a noise background

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 687-696

  Marshall, Lynne ^a,c   Hanna, Thomas E ^a   Wilson, Richard H ^b  

^a Naval Submarine Base New London   (United States)

^b James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c Subase NLON ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Psychophysical procedures; Pure tone tests; Reliability; Threshold measurement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NOISE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029762779     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3904.687     Document Type: Article

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