Gap detection in school-age children and adults: Effects of inherent envelope modulation and the availability of cues across frequency

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1098-1107

  Buss, Emily ^a   Hall III, Joseph W ^a   Porter, Heather ^a   Grose, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Hearing; Psychoacoustics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NOISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; HEARING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902782808     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2014_JSLHR-H-13-0132     Document Type: Article

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