Central auditory dysfunction in older persons with memory impairment or alzheimer dementia

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 771-777

  Gates, George A ^a,c   Anderson, Melissa L ^c   Feeney, M Patrick ^a   McCurry, Susan M ^b   Larson, Eric B ^c  

^a Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Psychosocial and Community Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 47949129150     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.7.771     Document Type: Article

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