Temporal Processing and Speech Perception in Noise by Listeners with Auditory Neuropathy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Narne, Vijaya Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NOISE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL PROCESSING; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873584274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055995     Document Type: Article

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