Speech Perception in Infants

The Handbook of Speech Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 416-448

  Houston, Derek M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant speech discrimination; Speech perception; Speech perception skills; Speech perception system; Speech signal

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EID: 84890744072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757024.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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