Selective impairment of auditory processing in chronic fatigue syndrome: A comparison with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-62

  Johnson, Susan K ^a   Deluca, John ^a,b   Diamond, Bruce J ^a   Natelson, Benjamin H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030202793     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.83.1.51     Document Type: Article

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