Evoked otoacoustic emissions and auditory selective attention

Hearing Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 54-67

  Michie, Patricia T ^a,c   LePage, Eric L ^b   Solowij, Nadia ^a   Haller, Michael ^a   Terry, Lyn ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory efferent pathway; Evoked otoacoustic emission; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030249168     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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