Toward a clinical procedure for narrowband gap detection I: A psychophysical procedure;Hacia un procedimiento clínico para la detección de brechas de banda angosta I: Un procedimiento psicofísico

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-167

  Florentine, Mary ^a,b   Buus, Søren ^a,b   Geng, Wei ^a,b  

^a Speech and Language   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical procedure; Maximum likelihood method; Narrowband gap detection; Psychophysical procedure; Temporal resolution; Up down procedure; Yes no method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033939620     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206090009073069     Document Type: Article

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