Intelligibility of foreign-accented speech for older adults with and without hearing loss

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Ferguson, Sarah Hargus ^a   Jongman, Allard ^a   Sereno, Joan A ^a   Keum, Kyung Ae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Foreign accented speech; Hearing loss; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NOISE; PHONETICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949792149     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.21.3.3     Document Type: Article

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