Reliability of the auditory brainstem responses to speech over one year in school-age children: A reply to Drs. McFarland and Cacace

Hearing Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 3-5

  Hornickel, Jane ^a   Knowles, Erica ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84861199603     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.03.014     Document Type: Letter

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