Developmental changes in word recognition threshold from two to five years of age in children with different middle ear status

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Hall, Amanda J ^a   Munro, Kevin J ^b   Heron, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; OME; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34547802208     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701331570     Document Type: Article

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