Characterizing the monaural and binaural processes underlying reflection masking

Hearing Research

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 52-66

  Buchholz, Jörg M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auditory masking; Binaural hearing; Models of auditory function; Precedence effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONAURAL HEARING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548538989     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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