Age-related differences in gap detection: Effects of task difficulty and cognitive ability

Hearing Research

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-29

  Harris, Kelly C ^a   Eckert, Mark A ^a   Ahlstrom, Jayne B ^a   Dubno, Judy R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory temporal processing; Cognitive; Gap detection; Processing speed; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY; WORKING MEMORY; WORKLOAD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952674134     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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