Sex differences in auditory subcortical function

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 590-597

  Krizman, Jennifer ^a   Skoe, Erika ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Brainstem; Sex; Speech; Subcortical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONSONANT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84856217351     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.07.037     Document Type: Article

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