Assessing spectral and temporal processing in children and adults using Temporal Modulation Transfer Function (TMTF), Iterated Ripple Noise (IRN) perception, and Spectral Ripple Discrimination (SRD)

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-218

  Peter, Varghese ^a,b,c   Wong, Kogo ^b,d   Narne, Vijaya Kumar ^b,e   Sharma, Mridula ^a,b   Purdy, Suzanne C ^b,f   McMahon, Catherine ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HEARing Co operative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Australian Hearing   (Australia)

^e J S S Institute of Speech and Hearing   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Spectral processing; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITERATED RIPPLE NOISE PERCEPTION; MALE; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL RIPPLE DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901289753     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.25.2.9     Document Type: Article

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