Temporal encoding of the voice onset time phonetic parameter by field potentials recorded directly from human auditory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2346-2357

  Steinschneider, Mitchell ^a   Volkov, Igor O ^b   Noh, M Daniel ^b   Garell, P Charles ^b   Howard III, Matthew A ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

EID: 0032719109     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2346     Document Type: Article

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