Acoustic reflex detection using wide-band acoustic reflectance, admittance, and power measurements

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1029-1041

  Feeney, M Patrick ^a   Keefe, Douglas H ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance; Acoustic reflex; Energy reflectance; Immittance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 0032845263     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4205.1029     Document Type: Article

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