Speech perception in noise by monolingual, bilingual and trilingual listeners

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-422

  Tabri, Dollen ^a   Chacra, Kim Michelle Smith Abou ^a   Pring, Tim ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bilingualism; speech perception in noise; trilingualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTILINGUALISM; NOISE; SCHOOLS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960549018     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682822.2010.519372     Document Type: Article

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