Assistive listening devices drive neuroplasticity in children with dyslexia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 16731-16736

  Hornickel, Jane ^a   Zecker, Steven G ^a   Bradlow, Ann R ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEVICES; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; READING; SCHOOLS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84867391528     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206628109     Document Type: Article

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