Adequacy of auditory-nerve rate representations of vowels: Comparison with behavioral measures in cat

Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 115-127

  Hienz, Robert D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203933107     Document Type: Chapter

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