Improvement in speech-reading ability by auditory training: Evidence from gender differences in normally hearing, deaf and cochlear implanted subjects

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 972-979

  Strelnikov, K ^a,b   Rouger, J ^a,b   Lagleyre, S ^c   Fraysse, B ^c   Deguine, O ^a,b,c   Barone, P ^a,b  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Deafness; Gender differences; Neural plasticity; Speech reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549098411     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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