Intensity discrimination as a function of stimulus level with electric stimulation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4 pt 1, 1996, Pages 2393-2414

  Nelson, David A ^a   Schmitz, Jennifer L ^a   Donaldson, Gail S ^a   Viemeister, Neal F ^a   Javel, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC INTENSITY MEASUREMENT; AUDITION; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; ESTIMATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH CODING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANT; COCHLEAR PROSTHESES; DIFFERENCE LIMENS; ELECTRIC HEARING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTIONS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL METHOD; WEBER FRACTIONS;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOUND INTENSITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0030272017     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417949     Document Type: Article

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