Scalp potentials evoked by amplitude-modulated tones in dyslexia

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 939-945

  McAnally, Ken I ^a,b   Stein, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Dyslexia; Evoked potentials; Hearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0030788058     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4004.939     Document Type: Article

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