Speech-sound discrimination in school-age children: Psychophysical and neurophysiologic measures

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1042-1060

  Kraus, Nina ^a   Koch, Dawn Burton ^a   McGee, Therese J ^a   Nicol, Trent G ^a   Cunningham, Jenna ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory development; Central auditory physiology; Learning disabilities; Mismatch negativity; Speech sound perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032874959     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4205.1042     Document Type: Article

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