Effects of sex and age on auditory spatial scene analysis

Hearing Research

Volumn 299, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-52

  Lewald, Jörg ^a,b   Hausmann, Markus ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND LOCALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875766347     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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