Enhanced self-localization by auditory cues in blind humans

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 753-759

  Després, Olivier ^a   Boudard, D ^a   Candas, V ^a   Dufour, A ^a  

^a Centre d'Etudes de Physiologie Appliquee   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory spatial localization; Self localization; Spatial hearing; Spatial performance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WHITE NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 22544435191     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400014865     Document Type: Article

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