Processing of English words with fine acoustic contrasts and simple tones: A mismatch negativity study

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-66

  Pettigrew, Catharine M ^a   Murdoch, Bruce M ^a   Kei, Joseph ^a   Chenery, Helen J ^a   Sockalingam, Ravi ^a,d   Ponton, Curtis W ^b   Finnigan, Simon ^a   Alku, Paavo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Neuroscan Labs   (United States)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consonant vowel tokens; Event related potential; Mismatch negativity; Simple tones; Stimulus onset asynchrony; Words

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 2542505625     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15.1.6     Document Type: Article

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