Dead regions and noisiness of pure tones

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 599-611

  Huss, Martina ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dead region; Hearing loss; Tonality perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 27744516432     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500243962     Document Type: Article

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