Forward masking among infant and adult listeners

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2445-2453

  Werner, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMANS; INFANT; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 0033042006     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.426849     Document Type: Article

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