Speech perception in adverse listening conditions in Arabic-Hebrew bilinguals

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-135

  Rosenhouse, Judith ^a   Haik, Lubna ^b   Kishon Rabin, Liat ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

adverse listening conditions; bilinguals; Hebrew Arabic languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248707772     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13670069060100020101     Document Type: Article

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