Stimulus rate and subcortical auditory processing of speech

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 332-342

  Krizman, Jennifer ^a   Skoe, Erika ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Brainstem; Frequency following response; Stimulation rate; Subcortical auditory structures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77649277076     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289572     Document Type: Article

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