Frequency-dependent effects of background noise on subcortical response timing

Hearing Research

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Tierney, A ^a   Parbery Clark, A ^a   Skoe, E ^a   Kraus, N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755182666     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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