Preserved use of spatial cues for sound segregation in a case of spatial deafness

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1254-1261

  Thiran, Anne Bellmann ^a,b   Clarke, Stephanie ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Clinique romande de readaptation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory attention; Auditory spatial cues; Brain damage; Human; Sound localisation; Spatial release from masking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0037725100     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(03)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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