Development of a 500-Hz masking-level difference protocol for clinic use

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Wilson, Richard H ^a   Moncrieff, Deborah W ^b   Townsend, Elizabeth A ^a   Pillion, Amanda L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphasic; homophasic; masking level difference; young adults with normal hearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPACT DISK; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPACT DISKS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0141991819     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: 21573107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.14.1.2     Document Type: Article

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