Forward-masked intensity discrimination: Duration effects and spectral effects

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 461-467

  Schlauch, Robert S ^a   Lanthier, Nicole ^a   Neve, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030858447     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.419610     Document Type: Article

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