Early maturation of frequency-following responses to voice pitch in infants with normal hearing

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 765-784

  Jeng, Fuh Cherng ^a   Schnabel, Elizabeth A ^a   Dickman, Brenda M ^a   Hu, Jiong ^a   Li, Ximing ^a   Lin, Chia Der ^b   Chung, Hsiung Kwang ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551664616     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/10.22.24.PMS.111.6.765-784     Document Type: Article

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