An examination of speech recognition in a modulated background and of forward masking in younger and older listeners

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 857-864

  Gifford, René H ^a,b   Bacon, Sid P ^a   Williams, Erica J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Effects of age; Forward masking; Modulated noise; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MASKING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORD RECOGNITION; AGING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRESBYCUSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548583863     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/060)     Document Type: Article

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