Perisegmental speech improves consonant and vowel identification

Speech Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Van Son, R J J H ^a   Pols, Louis C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CONSONANT IDENTIFICATION; VOWEL IDENTIFICATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033185439     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(99)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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