The impact of noise and hearing loss on the processing of simultaneous sentences

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-220

  Best, Virginia ^a,b   Gallun, Frederick J ^c   Mason, Christine R ^a   Kidd Jr , Gerald ^a   Shinn Cunningham, Barbara G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949392090     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181c34ba6     Document Type: Article

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