Human frequency-following responses to binaural masking level difference stimuli

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-195

  Wilson, James R ^a   Krishnan, Ananthanarayan ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked potentials; Frequency following response; Masking level difference; Phase locking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MASKING; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 22844447305     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.3.6     Document Type: Article

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