Perception of envelope-enhanced speech in the presence of noise by individuals with auditory neuropathy

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-142

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

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

^b Bharati Vidyapeeth   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NOISE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849088884     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181926545     Document Type: Article

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