Influence of broad auditory tuning on across-frequency integration of speech patterns

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1087-1095

  Healy, Eric W ^a,b   Carson, Kimberly A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Across frequency; Hearing impairment; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMAN; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957564887     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0185)     Document Type: Article

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