A comparison of higher order auditory processes in younger and older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-773

  Murphy, Dana R ^a,c   Schneider, Bruce A ^a   Speranza, Filippo ^a,b   Moraglia, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

^c NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute identification; Aging; Central auditory processing; Hearing; Peripheral hearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846005804     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.4.763     Document Type: Article

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