Auditory sensitivity is increased in tinnitus ears

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2356-2364

  Hébert, Sylvie ^a   Fournier, Philippe ^a   Noreña, Arnaud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS;

EID: 84873325050     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3461-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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