Temporal masking in electric hearing

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-400

  Zeng, Fan Gang ^a   Chen, Hongbin ^a   Han, Shilong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JIUJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Electric hearing; Electrode interaction; Overshoot; Temporal edge enhancement; Temporal masking; Undershoot

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STIMULATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 33644971315     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-005-0016-5     Document Type: Article

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