The Relation between Stimulus Context, Speech Audibility, and Perception for Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 902-914

  Stelmachowicz, Patricia ^a   Hoover, Brenda M ^a   Lewis, Dawna E ^a   Kortekaas, Reinier W L ^a   Pittman, Andrea L ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Audibility; Children; Context; Hearing loss; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; HEARING AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0034252733     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4304.902     Document Type: Article

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