Individual differences and age effects in a dichotic informational masking paradigm

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 270-279

  Wightman, Frederic L ^a   Kistler, Doris J ^a   O'Bryan, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE EFFECTS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INFORMATIONAL MASKING; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTION; RATE OF CHANGE; SPEECH MASKERS; SPEECH TARGETS; SPEECH UNDERSTANDING; TARGET LEVELS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955226655     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3436536     Document Type: Article

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