Evaluating the articulation index for auditory-visual input

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 2952-2960

  Grant, Ken W ^a   Braida, Louis D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Army Audiology and Speech Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; HUMAN; NOISE; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0025767028     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.400733     Document Type: Article

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