Effect of age on F0 difference limen and concurrent vowel identification

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1139-1156

  Vongpaisal, Tara ^a   Pichora Fuller, Margaret Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Concurrent vowels; Frequency difference limen; Periodicity coding; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH; VOWEL; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; INDIVIDUALITY; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 35848948845     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/079)     Document Type: Article

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