Ventral cochlear nucleus coding of voice onset time in naturally spoken syllables

Hearing Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 37-59

  Clarey, Janine C ^a   Paolini, Antonio G ^a,b   Grayden, David B ^a   Burkitt, Anthony N ^a   Clark, Graeme M ^a,b  

^a BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AI, primary auditory cortex; ANF, auditory nerve fiber; BF, best frequency; C VAR, coefficient of variation; CH, chopper; Cochlear nucleus; Electrophysiology; F0, fundamental frequency; Rat; Speech; Voice onset time

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOICE; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 1642465466     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(04)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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