Measures of working memory, sequence learning, and speech recognition in the elderly

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 224-235

  Humes, Larry E ^a   Floyd, Shari S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hearing loss; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 16344373434     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/016)     Document Type: Article

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