The role of sequential stream segregation and frequency selectivity in the perception of simultaneous sentences by listeners with sensorineural hearing loss.
The purpose of this study was to determine the role of frequency selectivity and sequential stream segregation in the perception of simultaneous sentences by listeners with sensorineural hearing loss. Simultaneous sentence perception was tested in listeners with normal hearing and with sensorineural...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 19 - 29 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
February 2001
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