Effects of noise and reverberation on the precedence effect in listeners with normal hearing and impaired hearing

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-105

  Roberts, Richard A ^a,b   Koehnke, Janet ^c   Besing, Joan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b American Institute of Balance   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo threshold; Fusion; Hearing loss; Precedence effect; Reverberation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION;

EID: 1842841967     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2003/017)     Document Type: Article

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