Word recognition in continuous noise, interrupted noise, and in quiet by normal-hearing listeners at two sensation levels

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-116

  Stuart, Andrew ^a   Phillips, Dennis P ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interrupted noise; Sensation level; Signal to noise ratio; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030985987     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01050399709074983     Document Type: Article

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