Effects of cueing in auditory temporal masking

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 564-575

  Zhang, Ting ^a,b   Formby, Craig ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory temporal masking; Cueing effect; Temporal processing deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547417094     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/039)     Document Type: Article

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