Transmission loss of sound into incubators: Implications for voice perception by infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 236-241

  Robertson, Alex ^a   Stuart, Andrew ^b   Walker, Letitia ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; NOISE MEASUREMENT; SITTING; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDING; VOICE;

ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HEARING; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOICE;

EID: 0034873744     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210531     Document Type: Article

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