Representation of the vowel /ε/ in normal and impaired auditory nerve fibers: Model predictions of responses in cats

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 402-417

  Zilany, Muhammad S A ^a   Bruce, Ian C ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

AUDITORY-NERVE (AN); BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; NERVE FIBERS; VOWEL RESPONSES;

NEURONS;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; VOWEL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAIR CELL; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CATS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHONETICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 34547419815     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2735117     Document Type: Article

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