Is auditory discrimination mature by middle childhood? A study using time-frequency analysis of mismatch responses from 7 years to adulthood

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 402-416

  Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a   Hardiman, Mervyn J ^a   Barry, Johanna G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78449231218     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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