Aging and cortical mechanisms of speech perception in noise

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 693-703

  Wong, Patrick C M ^a,b,c   Jin, James Xumin ^a   Gunasekera, Geshri M ^a   Abel, Rebekah ^a   Lee, Edward R ^a   Dhar, Sumitrajit ^a  

^a Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Elderly; fMRI; Hearing; Sensory aging; Speech in noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749096586     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.11.032     Document Type: Article

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