Evaluation of the mixing point in tinnitus sound therapy by a psychoacoustic matching protocol with a digital tinnitus evaluation system

ORL

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Huang, Chii Yuan ^a   Wu, Jiunn Liang ^a   Cheng, Chun Chou ^a   Sher, Yung Ji ^a   Chung, Kao Chi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Minimal masking level; Sound therapy, mixing point; Tinnitus retraining therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOUDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TINNITUS;

EID: 33644892786     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091213     Document Type: Article

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