Speech recognition in noise and presbycusis: Relations to possible neural mechanisms

Hearing Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-104

  Robert Frisina, D ^a,b,c   Frisina, Robert D ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; central auditory system; deafness; hearing; presbycusis; speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRESBYCUSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0343907816     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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