Neural timing is linked to speech perception in noise

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4922-4926

  Anderson, Samira ^a   Skoe, Erika ^a   Chandrasekaran, Bharath ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; NOISE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950603102     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0107-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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