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Frequency discrimination of short- versus long-duration tones by normal and hearing-impaired listeners.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3560895     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This investigation explored the effects of stimulus level on the frequency discrimination of long- and short-duration pure tones by 5 subjects with normal hearing and 7 with sensorineural hearing impairment. Frequency difference limens (DLs) were obtained as a function of signal intensity for 5-ms and 300-ms tones at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz. The performance of most of the hearing-impaired subjects was poorer than normal for 300-ms tones, but not for 5-ms tones. This result was relatively independent of the stimulus sensation levels at which the data were compared. However, the current results also show an unexpected dependence of the frequency DL on the sensation level of short-duration tones. In several normal-hearing subjects, frequency discrimination performance for these short tones is poorer at moderately high levels than at low levels.
Authors:
R L Freyman; D A Nelson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of speech and hearing research     Volume:  30     ISSN:  0022-4685     ISO Abbreviation:  J Speech Hear Res     Publication Date:  1987 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1987-05-15     Completed Date:  1987-05-15     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376336     Medline TA:  J Speech Hear Res     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  28-36     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
Auditory Threshold / physiology
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / physiopathology*
Humans
Pitch Discrimination / physiology*
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
NS00449/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS12125/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS15451/NS/NINDS NIH HHS

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