The effects of blurred vision on auditory-visual speech perception in younger and older adults

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 904-911

  Legault, Isabelle ^a   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^a   Rhoualem, Wafaa ^a   Anderson Gosselin, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Audiovisual speech perception; Reduced optical cues; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPREHENSION; CUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349247466     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.509112     Document Type: Article

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