The impact of classroom acoustics: Listening, learning, and literacy

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Flexer, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom; Intelligibility; Literacy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN GROWTH; COMPREHENSION; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; READING; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKILL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 2542549650     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-828664     Document Type: Review

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