Visual attention and hearing loss: Past and current perspectives

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 741-747

  Tharpe, Anne Marie ^a,c   Ashmead, Daniel ^a   Sladen, Douglas P ^a   Ryan, Hollea A M ^a   Rothpletz, Anne M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness; Neural organization; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA DUCT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOUND DETECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACTILE STIMULATION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; DEAFNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65349142730     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.10.2     Document Type: Review

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