Auditory models of suprathreshold distortion and speech intelligibility in persons with impaired hearing

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-328

  Bernstein, Joshua G W ^a   Summers, Van ^a   Grassi, Elena ^b   Grant, Ken W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auditory processing model; Cognitive processing; Hearing impaired; Sensorineural hearing loss; Spectral resolution; Speech perception; Suprathreshold distortion; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878289288     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.4.6     Document Type: Article

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