Mutual cancellation between tones presented by air conduction, by bone conduction and by non-osseous (soft tissue) bone conduction

Hearing Research

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 180-184

  Chordekar, Shai ^a   Kriksunov, Leonid ^b,c   Kishon Rabin, Liat ^a   Adelman, Cahtia ^b,d   Sohmer, Haim ^b,e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Hadassah Academic College   (Israel)

^c Ozen Kashevet Hearing Clinic   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADULT; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; HAIR CELL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTUAL CANCELLATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AIR; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; NECK MUSCLES; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856608050     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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