Word recognition in continuous and interrupted broadband noise by young normal-hearing, older normal-hearing, and presbyacusic listeners

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 478-489

  Stuart, Andrew ^a   Phillips, Dennis P ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRESBYACUSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 0030465518     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199612000-00004     Document Type: Article

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