Speech-in-noise intelligibility does not correlate with efferent olivocochlear reflex in humans with normal hearing

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Wagner, Wolfgang ^a   Frey, Kathrin ^a   Heppelmann, Guido ^a   Plontke, Stefan K ^a   Zenner, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background noise; Discrimination; Distortion product otoacoustic emissions; Medial olivocochlear reflex; Olivocochlear efferents; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 37549004815     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701361954     Document Type: Article

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