Frequency summation observed in the human acoustic reflex

Hearing Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 37-45

  Kawase, Tetsuaki ^a   Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a   Takasaka, Tomonori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic reflex; Human; Middle ear muscle; Summation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSOR TYMPANI MUSCLE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; STAPEDIUS; TENSOR TYMPANI;

EID: 0030926897     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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