Factors affecting the processing of intensity in school-aged children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-80

  Buss, Emily ^a   Hall III, Joseph W ^a   Grose, John H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Children; Development; Hearing; Psychoacoustics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSORY GATING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SENSORY GATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874516343     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/12-0008)     Document Type: Article

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