Effects of stimulus bandwidth on the imitation of english fricatives by normal-hearing children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1369-1380

  Stelmachowicz, Patricia G ^a   Nishi, Kanae ^a   Choi, Sangsook ^a,c   Lewis, Dawna E ^a   Hoover, Brenda M ^a   Dierking, Darcia ^a   Lotto, Andrew ^b  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hearing aids; Speech and language

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 52949149280     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0115)     Document Type: Article

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