Measuring cognitive factors in speech comprehension: The value of using the Text Reception Threshold test as a visual equivalent of the SRT test

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 507-515

  Kramer, Sophia E ^a   Zekveld, Adriana A ^a   Houtgast, Tammo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive capacity; Correlations; Noise; Speech comprehension; Speech in noise; SRT; TRT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349310509     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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