Release from perceptual masking for children and adults: Benefit of a carrier phrase

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-14

  Bonino, Angela Yarnell ^a   Leibold, Lori J ^a   Buss, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CUES; HUMANS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872199225     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31825e2841     Document Type: Article

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