Development, evaluation and scoring of a nonsense word test suitable for use with speakers of Canadian English

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-11

  Cheesman, Margaret F ^a   Jamieson, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0009133843     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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