Effects of passive, moderate-level sound exposure on the mature auditory cortex: Spectral edges, spectrotemporal density, and real-world noise

Hearing Research

Volumn 296, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-130

  Pienkowski, Martin ^a,b,d   Munguia, Raymundo ^a,b   Eggermont, Jos J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d SALUS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872762363     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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