Rapid word-learning in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children: Effects of age, receptive vocabulary, and high-frequency amplification

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 619-629

  Pittman, A L ^a,b   Lewis, D E ^a   Hoover, B M ^a   Stelmachowicz, P G ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRY; REINFORCEMENT; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33748606898     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000189921.34322.68     Document Type: Article

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