Labeling of /s/ and /∫/ by listeners with normal and impaired hearing, revisited

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 636-648

  Hedrick, Mark S ^a   Younger, Mary Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consonant perception; Cue weighting; Fricative perception; Sensorineural hearing loss; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERBALIZATION; VOWEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038459122     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/050)     Document Type: Article

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