Frequency selective effects of alcohol on auditory detection and frequency discrimination thresholds

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 741-749

  Pearson, P ^a,b   Dawe, L A ^a,c   Timney, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONAURAL HEARING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0032880933     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/34.5.741     Document Type: Article

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