The significance of temporal modulation frequencies for speech intelligibility

Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 39-47

  Drullman, Rob ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77956404341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203933107     Document Type: Chapter

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