Changes in preference for infant-directed speech in low and moderate noise by 4.5- to 13-month-olds

Infancy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-76

  Newman, Rochelle S ^a   Hussain, Isma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 33747161963     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in1001_4     Document Type: Article

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