Psychoacoustic characterization of the tinnitus spectrum: Implications for the underlying mechanisms of tinnitus

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 358-369

  Norena, Arnaud ^a,b   Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Chéry Croze, Sylviane ^a   Collet, Lionel ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central reorganization; Hearing loss; Phantom perception; Pitch; Plasticity; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATING SCALE; SENSATION; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 0036968052     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066156     Document Type: Article

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