The perception of speech under adverse conditions: Contributions of spectro-temporal peaks, periodicity, and interaural timing to perceptual robustness

Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 223-235

  Assmann, Peter F ^b  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84857418929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203933107     Document Type: Chapter

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