Representation of whispered word-final stop consonants in the auditory nerve

Hearing Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 119-133

  Stevens, Hanna E ^a   Wickesberg, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Chinchilla; Consonant; Speech

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOWEL;

ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; PHONATION; SPEECH;

EID: 0036836802     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(02)00608-1     Document Type: Article

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