Biological impact of music and software-based auditory training

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 403-410

  Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Communication; Learning; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MUSIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC THERAPY; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; READING; SOFTWARE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867899814     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: 18737994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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