An attempt to detect hearing disorders by acoustic features of the infant cry

Forum Acusticum Budapest 2005: 4th European Congress on Acustics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 227-232

  Várallyay Jr , György ^a   Illényi, András ^a   Benyó, Zoltán ^a   Farkas, Zsolt ^b   Katona, Gábor ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ACOUSTIC FEATURES; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY SYSTEMS; EARLY AGE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; HIT PROBABILITY; INFANT CRY; ORGAN FUNCTIONS; STATE OF HEALTH; VARIANT METHOD;

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EID: 84864620992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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