Effect of spectral smearing on the perceptual segregation of vowel sequences

Hearing Research

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 32-41

  Gaudrain, Etienne ^a   Grimault, Nicolas ^a   Healy, Eric W ^b   Béra, Jean Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Spectral smearing; Streaming; Vowel sequences

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547800178     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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