Timbre discrimination in cochlear implant users and normal hearing subjects using cross-faded synthetic tones

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 290-295

  Rahne, Torsten ^a   Böhme, Lars ^a   Götze, Gerrit ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFC; Cochlear implant; JND; Morphing; Psychoacoustics; Spectral cue; Timbre discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BEHAVIOR; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS FADED SYNTHETIC TONE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960225332     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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