Objective Neural Indices of Speech-in-Noise Perception

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-83

  Anderson, Samira ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory brainstem; plasticity; speech in noise perception

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955881215     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713810380227     Document Type: Article

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