Temporal patterns of the responses of auditory-nerve fibers to low- frequency tones

Hearing Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Cai, Yidao ^a,b   Geisler, C Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Low frequency tone; Peak splitting; Phase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

EID: 0030200122     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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