The relationship between frequency selectivity and pitch discrimination: Sensorineural hearing loss

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3929-3945

  Bernstein, Joshua G W ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPEECH PROCESSING;

FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS (SNHL);

AUDITION;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845358944     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2372452     Document Type: Article

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