Multichannel compression: Effects of reduced spectral contrast on vowel identification

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1315-1327

  Bor, Stephanie ^a   Souza, Pamela ^a   Wright, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multichannel hearing aids; Vowel perception; WDRC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 52949153530     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0009)     Document Type: Article

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