Temporal resolution in regions of normal hearing and speech perception in noise for adults with sloping high-frequency hearing loss

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-125

  Feng, Yanmei ^a   Yin, Shankai ^a   Kiefte, Michael ^b   Wang, Jian ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149181001     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181bb69be     Document Type: Article

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