Spectral tilt change in stop consonant perception by listeners with hearing impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 653-670

  Alexander, Joshua M ^a,b   Kluender, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Hearing aid; Hearing impairment; Spectral tilt; Stop consonant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SPECTRAL TILT; STOP CONSONANT; VOWEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 66649130559     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/08-0038)     Document Type: Article

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