The effect of contralateral broad-band noise on acoustic distortion products from the human ear

Hearing Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 127-146

  Williams, D M ^a   Brown, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contralateral stimulation; distortion product; efferent; human; otoacoustic emission

Indexed keywords

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

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031081428     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00189-X     Document Type: Article

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