Speech recognition and temporal processing in middle-aged women

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-271

  Helfer, Karen S ^a   Vargo, Megan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Masking; Speech recognition; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STEADY STATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450217299     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.4.6     Document Type: Article

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