Deficits in auditory temporal resolution revealed by a comparison of word recognition under interrupted and continuous noise masking

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-343

  Stuart, Andrew ^a   Phillips, Dennis P ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY MASKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; SOUND TRANSMISSION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032412336     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1082981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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