Development of a fast method for determining psychophysical tuning curves

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 408-420

  Sȩk, Aleksander ^a   Alcántara, José ^b   Moore, Brian C J ^b   Kluk, Karolina ^b   Wicher, Andrzej ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dead regions; Psychophysical tuning curves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COCHLEA; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TECHNIQUE; TUNING CURVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23844464117     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500060800     Document Type: Article

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