Does tinnitus affect the sound localization ability?

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 692-698

  An, Yong Hwi ^a   Lee, Lae Hyung ^a   Yoon, Sang Won ^a   Jin, So Young ^a   Shim, Hyun Joon ^a  

^a Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Loudness; Pitch; Sound localization; Speakers; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUND DETECTION; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TINNITUS;

EID: 84862889448     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31825952e9     Document Type: Article

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