Auditory brainstem's sensitivity to human voices

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 333-337

  Nan, Yun ^a   Skoe, Erika ^b,c   Nicol, Trent ^b   Kraus, Nina ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Frequency following response; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SPEECH; STIMULUS; VOICE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923325519     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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