Neurophysiological indices of attention to speech in children with specific language impairment

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1230-1243

  Shafer, Valerie L ^a   Ponton, Curtis ^b   Datta, Hia ^a   Morr, Mara L ^a   Schwartz, Richard G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Neuroscan Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory evoked potentials; Neurophysiology; Specific language impairment; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH;

EID: 34248233615     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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