Effect of envelope enhancement on speech perception in individuals with auditory neuropathy

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Narne, Vijaya Kumar ^a   Vanaja, C S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 37648999839     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31812f719a     Document Type: Article

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