Ear and contralateral masker effects on auditory temporal gap detection thresholds

Hearing Research

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Carmichael, Martha E ^a   Hall, Susan E ^a   Phillips, Dennis P ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contralateral masking; Ear differences; Hemispheric asymmetry; Temporal gap detection; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MASKING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149104593     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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