Psychophysical estimates of level-dependent best-frequency shifts in the apical region of the human basilar membrane

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3646-3654

  Lopez Poveda, Enrique A ^a   Barrios, Luis F ^a   Alves Pinto, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; CELL MEMBRANES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MAMMALS;

APICAL SITES; BASILAR MEMBRANE (BM); HAIR CELLS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL TUNING CURVES (PTC);

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEAR NERVE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNER EAR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; HEARING; HUMANS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34249870370     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2722046     Document Type: Article

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