Duration Discrimination in Listeners with Cochlear Hearing Loss: Effects of Stimulus Type and Frequency

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Grose, John H ^a,b   Hall III, Joseph W ^a   Buss, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear hearing loss; Duration discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542408710     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/001)     Document Type: Article

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