The effects of experimentally induced conductive hearing loss on spectral and temporal aspects of sound transmission through the ear

Hearing Research

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 30-41

  Eric Lupo, J ^a   Koka, Kanthaiah ^a   Thornton, Jennifer L ^a,b   Tollin, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CALIBRATION; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; CUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; MALE; PRESSURE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79751530859     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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