Factors affecting psychophysical tuning curves for hearing-impaired subjects with high-frequency dead regions

Hearing Research

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 115-131

  Kluk, Karolina ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beats; Combination tone; Dead region; Psychophysical tuning curve

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUNING CURVE; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEA; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 12744274366     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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