Vowel formant values in hearing and hearing-impaired children: A discriminant analysis

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-128

  Ozbič, Martina ^a   Kogovšek, Damjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Auditory feedback; Discriminant analysis; Formants; Prelingual hearing impairment; Vowel production

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952840076     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: 1557069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146431510X12626982043804     Document Type: Article

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