Frequency Discrimination Thresholds: The Effect Of Increment Versus Decrement Detection Of Frequency

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Kishon Rabin, Liat ^a   Roth, Daphne Ari Even ^a   Van Dijk, Batya ^a   Yinon, Tamar ^a   Amir, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DLF; frequency decrement; frequency difference limen; frequency discrimination; frequency increment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENCE LIMEN FREQUENCY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 4444222467     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2004.15.1-2.29     Document Type: Article

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