Dichotic listening tests in the assessment of auditory processing disorders

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Jerger, James ^a,b   Martin, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory processing disorder; Auditory tests; Dichotic; Directed attention; Divided attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DICHOTIC LISTENING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33244487191     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860600567823     Document Type: Review

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