Auditory processing in a patient with a unilateral lesion of the inferior colliculus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 291-297

  Champoux, F ^a,b   Paiement, P ^a,b   Mercier, C ^c   Lepore, F ^a,b,c   Lassonde, M ^a,b,c   Gagne J P ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case study; Psychophysical assessments; Unilateral lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EAR; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846260748     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05260.x     Document Type: Article

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