Auditory stimulus intensity and reaction time in listeners with longstanding sensorineural hearing loss

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 502-512

  Seitz, Philip F ^a   Rakerd, Brad ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031450409     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199712000-00008     Document Type: Article

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