Dichotic word recognition in young and older adults

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 230-240

  Roup, Christina M ^a   Wiley, Terry L ^b   Wilson, Richard H ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dichotic listening tests; Hearing impaired; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; AGING; EAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33750586216     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.17.4.2     Document Type: Article

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