Influence of hearing loss on children's identification of spondee words in a speech-shaped noise or a two-talker masker

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-584

  Leibold, Lori J ^a   Hillock Dunn, Andrea ^a   Duncan, Nicole ^a   Roush, Patricia A ^a   Buss, Emily ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; ARTICLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; METHODOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 84883744217     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3182857742     Document Type: Article

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