Speech recognition in multitalker babble using digits, words, and sentences

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 726-739

  McArdle, Rachel A ^a   Wilson, Richard H ^a   Burks, Christopher A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Hearing loss; Speech perception; Word recognition in multitalker babble

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 31444453114     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.9.9     Document Type: Article

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