Lateralization and detection of low-frequency binaural stimuli: Effects of distribution of internal delay

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2278-2288

  Stern, Richard M ^a   Shear, Glenn D ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION;

EID: 0029842838     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417937     Document Type: Article

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