Identifying dead regions in the cochlea: Psychophysical tuning curves and tone detection in threshold-equalizing noise

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-142

  Summers, Van ^a   Molis, Michelle R ^a   Müsch, Hannes ^b,c   Walden, Brian E ^a   Surr, Rauna K ^a   Cord, Mary T ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ReSound Corporation   (United States)

^c Sound ID   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; TUNING CURVE;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0037385156     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AUD.0000058148.27540.D9     Document Type: Article

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