The effect of masker interaural time delay on the masking level difference in children with history of normal hearing or history of otitis media with effusion

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 429-433

  Hall III, Joseph W ^a   Grose, John H ^a   Dev, Madhu B ^a   Ghiassi, Saber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TIME;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032440382     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199812000-00004     Document Type: Article

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