Evaluation of two algorithms for detecting human frequency-following responses to voice pitch

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-26

  Jeng, Fuh Cherng ^a   Hu, Jiong ^a   Dickman, Brenda ^a   Lin, Ching Yu ^b   Lin, Chia Der ^b   Wang, Ching Yuan ^b   Chung, Hsiung Kwang ^b   Li, Ximing ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Frequency following response; Human; Voice pitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVALUATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VOICE;

EID: 78650269237     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.515620     Document Type: Article

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