Ultrasonic masker clarifies ultrasonic perception in man

Hearing Research

Volumn 175, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 171-177

  Nishimura, Tadashi ^a   Nakagawa, Seiji ^b   Sakaguchi, Takefumi ^a   Hosoi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Downward spread of masking; Dynamic range; High frequency audition; Simultaneous masking; Ultrasonic perception; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; BONE CONDUCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; ULTRASOUND; AIR; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNER EAR; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUND INTENSITY;

ADULT; AIR; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0037227507     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(02)00735-9     Document Type: Article

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