Frequency and Temporal Resolution in Elderly Listeners with Good and Poor Word Recognition

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 217-228

  Phillips, Susan L ^a,c   Gordon Salant, Sandra ^a   Fitzgibbons, Peter J ^b   Yeni Komshian, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency resolution; Hearing loss; Speech perception; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034133867     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4301.217     Document Type: Article

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