Frequency and intensity discrimination measured in a maximum-likelihood procedure from young and aged normal-hearing subjects

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 553-565

  He, Ning Ji ^a   Dubno, Judy R ^a   Mills, John H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HEARING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031973350     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.421127     Document Type: Article

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