Temporal envelope changes of compression and speech rate: Combined effects on recognition for older adults

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1123-1138

  Jenstad, Lorienne M ^a   Souza, Pamela E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Geriatrics; Sensorineural hearing loss; Time compressed speech; Wide dynamic range compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION; SELF REPORT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH RATE; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35848954073     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/078)     Document Type: Article

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