Effects of efferent acoustic reflex activation on psychoacoustical tuning curves in humans

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 520-523

  Quaranta, Nicola ^a   Scaringi, Angelo ^a   Nahum, Solange ^a   Quaranta, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Clinica Otorinolaringoiatrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efferent acoustic reflex; Frequency selectivity; Olivo cochlear system; Psychoacoustical tuning curve

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOACOUSTICAL TUNING CURVE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; HUMANS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 18744394605     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510026214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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