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Mechanisms of auditory attention in normal and hearing impaired listeners
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bester, Christofer W. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | ............................................................................................................................. i Table of contents .............................................................................................................. vi List of figures ................................................................................................................. viii Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... x Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... xi Candidate Contributions ................................................................................................. xii Chapter 1. General Introduction ................................................................................... 1 1.1 The attentional filter: History ............................................................................. 3 1.2 The attentional filter: Cues ................................................................................. 5 1.3 The medial olivocochlear system: Proposed role ............................................... 7 1.4 The medial olivocochlear system: Anatomy ...................................................... 8 1.5 The medial olivocochlear system: Physiology ................................................. 10 1.6 The medial olivocochlear system: Effects on hearing...................................... 11 1.7 The medial olivocochlear system: In humans .................................................. 15 1.8 The medial olivocochlear system: Forming the attentional filter..................... 19 1.9 The medial olivocochlear system: Related structures ...................................... 25 1.10 Central mechanisms ......................................................................................... 27 1.11 Structure and aims of the thesis ........................................................................ 28 Chapter 2. General Methods ....................................................................................... 31 2.1 Acoustic Stimuli ............................................................................................... 32 2.2 Psychophysical procedures............................................................................... 33 2.3 Auditory thresholds .......................................................................................... 34 2.4 Cued probe-target procedure to measure the attentional filter ......................... 34 Chapter 3. Formation of the attentional filter in normal-hearing participants ............ 37 3. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |