Clear Speech

The Handbook of Speech Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 207-235

  Uchanski, Rosalie M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic signal properties; Aural rehabilitation; Clear speech; Reverberant environment; Specch intelligibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890703292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757024.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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