Developmental Effects in the Masking-Level Difference

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Hall, Joseph W ^a,b   Buss, Emily ^a   Grose, John H ^a   Dev, Madhu B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Binaural; Development of hearing; Hearing; Masking level difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CHILD; DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 1542408712     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/002)     Document Type: Article

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