Perception of amplitude modulation by hearing-impaired listeners: The audibility of component modulation and detection of phase change in three-component modulators

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 507-514

  Sek, Aleksander ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEARING LOSS; SINUSOIDAL CARRIER;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; HEARING AIDS; MODULATORS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

SPEECH PROCESSING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 30844443270     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2139631     Document Type: Article

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