Auditory processing disorder and speech perception problems in noise: Finding the underlying origin

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Lagacé, Josée ^a   Jutras, Benoît ^a   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory processing disorder; Hearing assessment; Speech perception in noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 77953581281     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2010/09-0022)     Document Type: Article

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