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A Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate Interference in Working Memory by Distractions and Interruptions
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Response to Comment: RE: ) Exploring the Relationship Between Working Memory, Compressor Speed, and Background Noise
Barbara Ohlenforst1, Pamela E Souza, Ewen N MacDonald
11Eriksholm Research Centre, Denmark and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2Communication Sciences and Disorders and Knowles Hearing Center Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA; and 3Centre for Applied Hearing Research (CAHR), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark.
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|August 25, 2017
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