Acoustic and perceptual study of Cantonese tones produced by profoundly hearing-impaired adolescents

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-255

  Khouw, Edward ^a,b   Ciocca, Valter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33748463056     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000216307.14764.ce     Document Type: Article

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