Speech perception and auditory temporal processing performance by older listeners: Implications for real-world communication

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-268

  Gordon Salant, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Speech perception; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33845410241     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-954852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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