Auditory externalization in hearing-impaired listeners: The effect of pinna cues and number of talkers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Boyd, Alan W ^a   Whitmer, William M ^b   Soraghan, John J ^a   Akeroyd, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEARING LOSS; HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LISTENING TESTS; NORMAL-HEARING LISTENERS; SOUND SOURCE LOCATION; SPEECH STIMULI;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

AUDITION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858991171     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3687015     Document Type: Article

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