Neuroanatomical characteristics and speech perception in noise in older adults

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-479

  Wong, Patrick C M ^a,b   Ettlinger, Marc ^a   Sheppard, John P ^a,c   Gunasekera, Geshri M ^a   Dhar, Sumitrajit ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955803973     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181d709c2     Document Type: Article

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