Children's identification of consonants in a speech-shaped noise or a two-talker masker

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1144-1155

  Leibold, Lori J ^a   Buss, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Hearing; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES;

CHILDREN; DEVELOPMENT; HEARING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881265200     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/12-0011)     Document Type: Article

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