Reduced frequency selectivity and the preservation of spectral contrast in noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1796-1806

  Leek, Marjorie R ^a   Summers, Van ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029816933     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.415999     Document Type: Article

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