Prediction of speech recognition from audibility in older listeners with hearing loss: Effects of age, amplification, and background noise

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-65

  Souza, Pamela E ^a   Boike, Kumiko T ^a,b   Witherell, Kerry ^a   Tremblay, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amplification; Audibility; Modulation; Noise; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NOISE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STEADY STATE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846493135     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18.1.5     Document Type: Article

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