Pitfalls in behavioral estimates of basilar-membrane compression in humans

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 270-281

  Wojtczak, Magdalena ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORWARD MASKING; SIGNAL DELAYS; SIGNAL FREQUENCIES; TEMPORAL MASKING;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

RECOVERY;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRESSURE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58649103518     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3023063     Document Type: Article

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