Effect of masker-frequency variability on the detection performance of infants and adults

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3960-3970

  Leibold, Lori J ^a,b   Werner, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC NOISE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEALTH CARE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND NOISE; MASKER-FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; TWO-TONE COMPLEX;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 33745072714     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2200150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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