Increased intensity discrimination thresholds in tinnitus subjects with a normal audiogram

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Epp, B ^a   Hots, J ^b   Verhey, J L ^b   Schaette, R ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY-NERVE FIBERS; BRAIN STEM; CONTROL GROUPS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HEARING LOSS; INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION; NORMAL HEARING; RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; TINNITUS PATIENTS;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

AUDITION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866275381     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4740462     Document Type: Article

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