Human interaural time difference thresholds for sine tones: The high-frequency limit

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2839-2855

  Brughera, Andrew ^a   Dunai, Larisa ^b   Hartmann, William M ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROID MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HUMAN LISTENERS; INTERAURAL TIME DIFFERENCES; LOW-FREQUENCY; MID-FREQUENCIES; THRESHOLD DATA;

ACOUSTICS;

PHYSICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877619722     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4795778     Document Type: Article

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