Spectral-peak selection in spectral-shape discrimination by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 945-956

  Lentz, Jennifer J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Speech and Hearing Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; AUDITION; FUNCTIONS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EXCITATION PATTERN; HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS; SPECTRAL PEAKS; SPECTRAL-SHAPE DISCRIMINATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL PEAK; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 33747051500     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2216564     Document Type: Article

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