Effects of age and Alzheimer's disease on recognition of gated spoken words

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 724-733

  Marshall, Nancy B ^a,c   Duke, Linda W ^b   Walley, Amanda C ^b  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Gating paradigm; Lexical access; Older adults; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029769326     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3904.724     Document Type: Article

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