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Placing a Perceptual Spotlight on Sound: Selective Attention and its Relation to Speech Recognition in Children with Normal Hearing and Hearing Loss

Description:

Speech recognition in complex acoustic environments is dependent on myriad bottom-up (i.e., peripheral) and top-down (i.e., central) processes. While bottom-up processes remain fairly stable during childhood, the development of top-down processes persists into young adulthood. The immaturity of top-down processes places younger children at considerable risk for poorer speech recognition...

Keyword:

Selective Attention, Speech Recognition, Hearing Loss, and Children

Subject:

Cognitive psychology, Audiology, and Psychology

Creator:

Ward, Kristina M.

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/01/2021

Date Created:

2020-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15217 and etdadmin_upload_761232