Effect of linear frequency transposition on speech recognition and production of school-age children.

@article{Auriemmo2009EffectOL,
  title={Effect of linear frequency transposition on speech recognition and production of school-age children.},
  author={Jane Auriemmo and Francis K. Kuk and Chi-chuen Lau and Susan Marshall and Natalie Thiele and Margaret Pikora and D Quick and Patricia Stenger},
  journal={Journal of the American Academy of Audiology},
  year={2009},
  volume={20 5},
  pages={
          289-305
        }
}
PURPOSE To investigate the clinical efficacy of linear frequency transposition (LFT) for a group of school-age children. RESEARCH DESIGN A nonrandomized, within-subject design was implemented to investigate vowel and consonant recognition and fricative articulation of school-age children utilizing this feature. STUDY SAMPLE Ten children, aged 6 years and 3 months, to 13 years and 6 months from a special education school district participated in this study. Individual hearing thresholds… 
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