Sensitivity to interaural level difference and loudness growth with bilateral bimodal stimulation

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 309-319

  Francart, Tom ^a   Brokx, Jan ^b   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Electric acoustic stimulation; Hearing aid; Interaural level difference; Localization of sound sources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 49149083272     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000124279     Document Type: Article

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