Auditory evoked responses in human auditory cortex to the variation of sound intensity in an ongoing tone

Hearing Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Soeta, Yoshiharu ^a   Nakagawa, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861182296     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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