Divided-attention and directed-attention listening modes in children with dichotic deficits: An event-related potential study

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-53

  Martin, Jeffrey ^a   Jerger, James ^a,b   Mehta, Jyutika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory event related potentials; Auditory processing disorder; Auditory tests; Children; Dichotic; Directed attention; Divided attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846514234     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18.1.4     Document Type: Article

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