Reversible induction of phantom auditory sensations through simulated unilateral hearing loss

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Schaette, Roland ^a   Turtle, Charlotte ^b   Munro, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DEPRIVATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM AUDITORY SENSATION; PITCH; PREDICTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIMULATION; SOUND; TINNITUS; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861914966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035238     Document Type: Article

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