Development and the role of internal noise in detection and discrimination thresholds with narrow band stimuli

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2777-2788

  Buss, Emily ^a   Hall III, Joseph W ^a   Grose, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSORY PERCEPTION; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION DATA; LOW-FLUCTUATION NOISE; STIMULUS FLUCTUATION; STIMULUS VARIABILITY;

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 33750346703     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2354024     Document Type: Article

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