Neural and behavioral sensitivity to interaural time differences using amplitude modulated tones with mismatched carrier frequencies

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-408

  Blanks, Deidra A ^a   Roberts, Jason M ^a   Buss, Emily ^a   Hall, Joseph W ^a   Fitzpatrick, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural; Inferior colliculus; Psychophysics; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RABBIT; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547655635     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-007-0088-5     Document Type: Article

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