Frequency importance functions for words, sentences, and continuous discourse

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 714-723

  DePaolis, Rory A ^a,c   Janota, Claus P ^b   Frank, Tom ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Perception; Sentences; Speech; Words

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029770137     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3904.714     Document Type: Article

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