Is poor frequency modulation detection linked to literacy problems? A comparison of specific reading disability and mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss

Brain and Language

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-213

  Halliday, L F ^a   Bishop, D V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency modulation detection; Literacy; Sensorineural hearing loss; Specific reading disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL DETECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 33646046455     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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