The effect of the 226-Hz probe level on contralateral acoustic stapedius reflex thresholds

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1016-1025

  Day, Jessica E ^a   Feeney, M Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic stapedius reflex threshold; Immittance; Reflex facilitation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAR; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUND INTENSITY;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOISE; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STAPEDIUS;

EID: 48749084249     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/074)     Document Type: Article

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