Speech comprehension difficulties in older adults: Cognitive slowing or age-related changes in hearing?

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-271

  Schneider, Bruce A ^a   Daneman, Meredyth ^a   Murphy, Dana R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Hearing; Sensory cognitive interactions; Speech recognition; Speed of processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 22544451517     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.20.2.261     Document Type: Article

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