Pediatric speech perception in noise

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-226

  Bantwal, Anuradha R ^a   Hall III, James W ^b  

^a Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

(C)APD (central) auditory processing disorders ; ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response); APD (auditory processing disorders); CANS (central auditory nervous system); HINT (hearing in noise test); LISN (listening in spatialized noise); MCR (message to competition ratio); SNR (signal to noise ratio); SRT (speech reception threshold)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FATIGUE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEIZURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79961095163     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: 18756336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339611796548447     Document Type: Article

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