Implementation of two tests for measuring sensitivity to temporal fine structure

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-63

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

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Frequency discrimination; Hearing loss; Interaural phase discrimination; Temporal fine structure

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NOISE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855467346     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.605808     Document Type: Article

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