Auditory-visual speech perception in older people: The effect of visual acuity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-11

  Hickson, Louise ^a   Hollins, Manda ^a   Lind, Christopher ^b   Worrall, Linda ^a   Lovie Kitchin, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LIP READING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 3042569469     PISSN: 01571532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/audi.26.1.3.55988     Document Type: Article

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