A method for evaluating temporal, spectral and combined temporal-spectral resolution of hearing

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-12

  Larsby, Birgitta ^a,b   Arlinger, Stig ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Combined temporal spectral resolution; Normal hearing; Release of masking; Sensorineural hearing impairment; Spectral resolution; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031950905     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503998419641     Document Type: Article

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