Aging alters the perception and physiological representation of frequency: Evidence from human frequency-following response recordings

Hearing Research

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Clinard, Christopher G ^a   Tremblay, Kelly L ^a   Krishnan, Ananthanarayan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory brainstem; Auditory evoked potentials; FFR; Frequency discrimination; Frequency following response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952672835     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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