Auditory processing efficiency and temporal resolution in children and adults

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1022-1029

  Hill, Penelope R ^a,d   Hartley, Douglas E H ^a   Glasberg, Brian R ^b   Moore, Brian C J ^b   Moore, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory processing disorder; Backward masking; Information extraction; Internal noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; HEARING; HUMAN; NOISE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 8544234278     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/076)     Document Type: Article

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