Behavioral Studies of the Olivocochlear Efferent System: Learning to Listen in Noise

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 660-664

  May, Bradford J ^a   Budelis, Jennifer ^a   Niparko, John K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CAT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; LEARNING; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; MALE; NOISE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 2342660751     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.5.660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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