Brainstem correlates of temporal auditory processing in children with specific language impairment

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-91

  Basu, Madhavi ^a   Krishnan, Ananthanarayan ^b   Weber Fox, Christine ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 72249097532     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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