Comprehension of a novel accent by young and older listeners

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 736-740

  Adank, Patti ^a,b   Janse, Esther ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accented speech; Aging; Cognitive factors; Hearing; Speech comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957252207     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020054     Document Type: Article

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