Cross-linguistic comparison of frequency-following responses to voice pitch in american and chinese neonates and adults

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 699-707

  Jeng, Fuh Cherng ^a   Hu, Jiong ^a   Dickman, Brenda ^a   Montgomery Reagan, Karen ^b   Tong, Meiling ^c   Wu, Guangqiang ^c   Lin, Chia Der ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bleness Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c WOMEN S HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VOICE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255136114     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31821cc0df     Document Type: Article

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