Auditory Efferents Facilitate Sound Localization in Noise in Humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6759-6763

  Andéol, Guillaume ^a   Guillaume, Anne ^a   Micheyl, Christophe ^b   Savel, Sophie ^c   Pellieux, Lionel ^a   Moulin, Annie ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR SYSTEM; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 79955753776     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0248-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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