Gender distinctions and lateral asymmetry in the low-level auditory brainstem response of the human neonate

Hearing Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 58-66

  Sininger, Yvonne S ^a   Cone Wesson, Barbara ^b   Abdala, Carolina ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Gender difference; Human neonate; Lateral asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032434732     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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