Recognition of randomly presented one-, two-, and three-pair dichotic digits by children and young adults

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-70

  Moncrieff, Deborah W ^a   Wilson, Richard H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Auditory processing; Children; Development; Dichotic listening; Interaural asymmetry; Left ear deficit; Maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; BINAURAL HEARING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC DIGITS TEST; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249129486     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.1.6     Document Type: Article

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