Speech Perception in Noise by Children for Whom English Is a Second Language

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 47-51

  Crandell, Carl C ^a   Smaldino, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

English as a second language (ESL); Noise; Sound field amplification; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347137389     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889.0503.47     Document Type: Article

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