Effects of bilingualism, noise, and reverberation on speech perception by listeners with normal hearing

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 465-485

  Rogers, Catherine L ^a   Lister, Jennifer J ^a   Febo, Dashielle M ^a   Besing, Joan M ^b   Abrams, Harvey B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

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EID: 33749315248     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s014271640606036x     Document Type: Article

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