An adaptive clinical test of temporal resolution: Within-channel and across-channel gap detection

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 375-384

  Lister, Jennifer J ^a   Roberts, Richard A ^b   Krause, Jean C ^a   Debiase, Danielle ^a   Carlson, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Alabama Hearing and Balance Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Across channel; Gap detection; Temporal resolution; Within channel

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957532023     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.551217     Document Type: Article

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