The effect of low-pass filtering on identification of nonsense syllables in quiet by school-age children with and without cochlear dead regions

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 458-469

  Malicka, Alicja N ^a,c   Munro, Kevin J ^a   Baer, Thomas ^b   Baker, Richard J ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; PROCEDURES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84881554766     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3182775982     Document Type: Article

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