Effect of masker level on infants' detection of tones in noise

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-86

  Berg, Kathleen M ^a   Boswell, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 0032617176     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211950     Document Type: Article

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