Perception of acoustically degraded sentences in bilingual listeners who differ in age of english acquisition

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 821-835

  Shi, Lu Feng ^a  

^a Long Island University Brooklyn Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age of English acquisition; Bilingual speech perception; Context; Noise; Reverberation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NOISE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955351132     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0081)     Document Type: Article

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