Rising-frequency chirps and earphones with an extended high-frequency response enhance the post-auricular muscle response

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 631-636

  Agung, Katrina ^a,b,d   Purdy, Suzanne C ^a,b   Patuzzi, Robert B ^c   O'Beirne, Greg A ^c   Newall, Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirp; Evoked response; Insert earphones; Objective audiometry; Post auricular muscle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLICK; DEVICE; ENERGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POST AURICULAR MUSCLE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCALP;

EID: 28744452059     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500266613     Document Type: Article

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