Sound localization, sound lateralization, and binaural masking level differences in young children with normal hearing

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-190

  Van Deun, Lieselot ^a   Van Wieringen, Astrid ^a   Van Den Bogaert, Tim ^a   Scherf, Fanny ^b   Offeciers, F Erwin ^c   Van De Heyning, Paul H ^b   Desloovere, Christian ^d   Dhooge, Ingeborg J ^e   Deggouj, Naïma ^f   De Raeve, Leo ^g   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Department of ORL AZ St Augustinus ^*  (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^g CORA CI ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049106441     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318194256b     Document Type: Article

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