Recovery from on- and off-frequency forward masking in listeners with normal and impaired hearing

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 247-256

  Wojtczak, Magdalena ^a   Oxenham, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEMS; COCHLEAR FUNCTION; FORWARD-MASKING; HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS; NORMAL-HEARING LISTENERS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; SIGNAL DELAYS; TONAL SIGNAL;

RECOVERY;

AUDITION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHLEA; CONVALESCENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORY FEEDBACK; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEA; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS;

EID: 77955194175     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3436566     Document Type: Article

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