Level-dependent changes in detection of temporal gaps in noise markers by adults with normal and impaired hearing

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2928-2938

  Horwitz, Amy R ^a   Ahlstrom, Jayne B ^a   Dubno, Judy R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BASILAR MEMBRANES; BROADBAND NOISE; COCHLEAR COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION EFFECTS; EFFECTIVE SNR; ENVELOPE FLUCTUATIONS; FLUCTUATING SIGNALS; GAP DETECTION; HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS; INPUT-OUTPUT; SIGNAL TO NOISE; TEMPORAL ENVELOPES; TEMPORAL GAPS;

AUDITION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 81355153936     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3643829     Document Type: Article

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