Hearing and listening in a typical classroom

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-218

  Palmer, Catherine V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom acoustics; Classrooms; Hearing; Signal to noise ratio; Sound field

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031500745     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2803.213     Document Type: Article

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