Release from upward spread of masking in regions of high-frequency hearing loss

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2266-2277

  Nelson, David A ^a   Schroder, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0029846168     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417936     Document Type: Article

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