Subjective ratings of masker disturbance during the perception of native and non-native speech
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1 Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, 2 Linnaeus Centre HEAD, The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University and Örebro University, Linköping, Sweden, 3 ENT/Audiology and EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Section of Audiology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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دوره 6 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015