Severity of hyperacusis predicts individual differences in speech perception in Williams Syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 563-571

  Elsabbagh, M ^a   Cohen, H ^b   Cohen, M ^a   Rosen, S ^c   Karmiloff Smith, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperacusis; Language; Speech perception in noise; Williams Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955859341     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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