Discriminability and perceptual weighting of some acoustic cues to speech perception by 3-year-olds

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 278-297

  Nittrouer, Susan ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental weighting shift; Perceptual weighting strategies; Speech development; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030124758     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3902.278     Document Type: Article

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