Central auditory function in early Alzheimer's disease and in mild cognitive impairment

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-254

  Idrizbegovic, Esma ^a   Hederstierna, Christina ^a   Dahlquist, Martin ^a   Nordström, Charlotta Kämpfe ^a   Jelic, Vesna ^a   Rosenhall, Ulf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age related hearing impairment; Central auditory processing; Dementia; Elderly; Hearing; Subjective memory complaints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SWEDEN;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951776588     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq168     Document Type: Article

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