Effect of stimulus bandwidth on the perception of /s/ in normal- and hearing-impaired children and adults

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2183-2190

  Stelmachowicz, P G ^a   Pittman, A L ^a   Hoover, B M ^a   Lewis, D E ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCIES; LOW PASS FILTERS;

FRICATIVE PERCEPTION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

BIOACOUSTICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034794005     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1400757     Document Type: Article

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