Auditory brainstem and middle latency responses to 1 kHz tones in noise-masked normally-hearing and sensorineurally hearing-impaired adults

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 331-344

  Nousak, Jo K ^a   Stapells, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABR MLR; Hearing impaired; Masking; Supra threshold; Threshold estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MIDDLE LATENCY RESPONSE; NOISE; NOISE MASKING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 22644440176     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500060891     Document Type: Article

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