Age-related differences in discrimination of temporal intervals in accented tone sequences

Hearing Research

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Fitzgibbons, Peter J ^a   Gordon Salant, Sandra ^b  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accent; Aging; Temporal discrimination; Tone sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952670534     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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