Time-efficient measures of auditory frequency selectivity

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-325

  Charaziak, Karolina K ^a   Souza, Pamela ^a   Siegel, Jonathan H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalent rectangular bandwidth; Frequency selectivity; Normally hearing; Psychophysical tuning curves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUND DETECTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858210687     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.625982     Document Type: Article

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