Native-language benefit for understanding speech-in-noise: The contribution of semantics

Bilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-392

  Golestani, Narly ^a,b   Rosen, Stuart ^a   Scott, Sophie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76149136040     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728909990150     Document Type: Article

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