Processing of fast speech by elderly listeners

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2361-2373

  Janse, Esther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; COGNITIVE FACTORS; COMMON FINDINGS; HEARING LOSS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCESSING TIME; READING SPEED; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS; SPEECH RATES; STATISTICAL MODELS; TIME COMPRESSIONS;

AUDITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESPONSE TIME; SPEECH RATE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649085990     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3082117     Document Type: Article

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