Sound lateralization test in adolescent blind individuals

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 939-942

  Yabe, Takao ^a   Kaga, Kimitaka ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION DISASTER MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent blind individuals; Auditory space cognition; Blind individuals; Sound lateralization test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSATION; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 21344456721     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200506210-00012     Document Type: Article

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