Assessing speech perception in listeners with cochlear implants: The development of the Lexical Neighborhood Tests

Volta Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 63-85

  Kirk, Karen Iler ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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