The functionally and physiologically plastic adult auditory system

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1705-1721

  Palmer, Catherine V ^a   Nelson, Charles T ^b   Lindley IV, George A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY MASKING; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEA; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0031970865     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.421050     Document Type: Review

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