Do 'auditory processing' tests measure auditory processing in the elderly?

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-119

  Humes, Larry E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY PROCESSING; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COGNITION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; ELDERLY CARE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 16844379435     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200504000-00001     Document Type: Article

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