Effect of level on the discrimination of harmonic and frequency-shifted complex tones at high frequencies

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3206-3212

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Sȩk, Aleksander ^a,b  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; COMPLEX TONES; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC COMPLEX TONES; HIGH FREQUENCY; PERFORMANCE BASED; TEMPORAL FINE STRUCTURE;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HEARING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CUES; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959601140     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3570958     Document Type: Article

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