Consequences of broad auditory filters for identification of multichannel-compressed vowels

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 474-486

  Souza, Pamela ^a   Wright, Richard ^b   Borb, Stephanie ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory filter; Compression; Hearing aids; Multichannel; Vowel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859389836     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0238)     Document Type: Article

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