Discrimination of envelope statistics reveals evidence of sub-clinical hearing damage in a noise-exposed population with 'normal' hearing thresholds

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 737-750

  Stone, Michael A ^a,b   Moore, Brian C J ^a   Greenish, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Envelope discrimination; Hearing function; Noise exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649126102     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020802290543     Document Type: Article

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