Effect of stimulus bandwidth on auditory skills in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-494

  Stelmachowicz, Patricia G ^a,b   Lewis, Dawna E ^a   Choi, Sangsook ^a   Hoover, Brenda ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BTNRH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONEME; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34347385244     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31806dc265     Document Type: Article

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