Fetal hearing: Characterization of the stimulus and response

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Gerhardt, K J ^a   Abrams, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY RESPONSE; BONE CONDUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; FETUS; HEARING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0029992723     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-0005(96)80053-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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