What would a unified field of listening look like? a proposal linking past perspectives and future endeavors

International Journal of Listening

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-122

  Bodie, Graham D ^a   Worthington, Debra ^b   Imhof, Margarete ^c   Cooper, Lynn O ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79551577505     PISSN: 10904018     EISSN: 1932586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10904010802174867     Document Type: Article

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