Age-related and gender-related changes in monoaural speech recognition

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 444-452

  Dubno, Judy R ^a   Lee, Fu Shing ^a   Matthews, Lois J ^a   Mills, John H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender effect; Hearing loss; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030840905     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4002.444     Document Type: Article

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