The development of the perception of cues to the [M]-[N] distinction in cv syllables

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 675-686

  Ohde, Ralph N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWEL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028129916     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.411326     Document Type: Article

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