The "Missing 6 dB" of Tillman, Johnson, and Olsen Was Found - 30 Years Ago

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-16

  Block, Michael G ^a,b   Killion, Mead C ^c,d,e   Tillman, Tom W ^f  

^a Qualitone   (United States)

^b Technical Services   (United States)

^c Etymotic Research   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earphone thresholds; Missing 6 dB; Probe microphones; Sound field thresholds; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MICROPHONE; REVIEW; SOUND;

EID: 1842783628     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823043     Document Type: Review

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