Detection and discrimination of simple and complex sounds by hearing-impaired Belgian Waterslager canaries

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3615-3627

  Lauer, Amanda M ^a,c   Dooling, Robert J ^a   Leek, Marjorie R ^b   Poling, Kirsten ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; BIRDS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

BELGIAN WATERSLAGER CANARIES (BWC); COCHLEAR DAMAGE; HARMONIC COMPLEXES; LOW-PITCHED SONG;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CANARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INNER EAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRD DISEASES; CANARIES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PRESSURE; TIME PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 38849135026     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2799482     Document Type: Article

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