Perceptual adaptation by normally hearing listeners to a simulated "hole" in hearing

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4019-4030

  Smith, Matthew W ^a   Faulkner, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEUROLOGY; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODE LOCATIONS; HEARING LISTENERS; NOISE BAND PROCESSORS;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONSONANT; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOWEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750355741     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2359235     Document Type: Article

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