Utility of Monaural Spectral Cues Is Enhanced in the Presence of Cues to Sound-Source Lateral Angle

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-89

  Martin, Russell L ^a   Paterson, Miles ^b   McAnally, Ken I ^a  

^a AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elevation; Front back confusions; Lateral angle; Monaural spectral cues; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONAURAL HEARING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 1542297697     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-003-3003-8     Document Type: Article

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