Training speech-in-noise perception in mainstream school children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1408-1417

  Millward, Kerri E ^a   Hall, Rebecca L ^a   Ferguson, Melanie A ^a,b   Moore, David R ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory learning; Frequency discrimination; Generalization; Modulated noise; Normal hearing; Sentence perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NOISE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80053966642     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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