Sensory-cognitive interaction in the neural encoding of speech in noise: A review

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 575-585

  Anderson, Samira ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Evoked potentials; Frequency; Musicians; Speech in noise; Timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSONANT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MUSICIAN; NOISE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH IN NOISE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOP CONSONANT; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING; HUMANS; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951470580     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.21.9.3     Document Type: Article

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