Paradoxical relationship between frequency selectivity and threshold sensitivity during auditory-nerve fiber development

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3464-3477

  Fitzakerley, Janet L ^a,b   McGee, JoAnn ^a   Walsh, Edward J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; NERVE FIBERS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031801855     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423055     Document Type: Article

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