Effects of training on speech recognition performance in noise using lexically hard words

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-40

  Burk, Matthew H ^a   Humes, Larry E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood activation model; Speech recognition; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; LINGUISTICS; MOTIVATION; NOISE; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NOISE; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34247849290     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/003)     Document Type: Article

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