Dead regions in the cochlea and enhancement of frequency discrimination: Effects of audiogram slope, unilateral versus bilateral loss, and hearing-aid use

Hearing Research

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Kluk, Karolina ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Dead regions; Frequency discrimination; Reorganisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; EAR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33750732676     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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