Binaural loudness summation for speech and tones presented via earphones and loudspeakers

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-237

  Epstein, Michael ^a   Florentine, Mary ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD PHONE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOUDNESS; LOUDSPEAKER; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; MICROPHONE; MONAURAL HEARING; SOUND; SPEECH; VOICE; AMPLIFIER; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049116183     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181976993     Document Type: Article

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