Bimodal stimulus presentation and expanded auditory bandwidth improve older adults' speech perception

Human Factors

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-491

  Brault, Lynn M ^a   Gilbert, Jaimie L ^a   Lansing, Charissa R ^a   McCarley, Jason S ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging and individual differences; Bimodal displays; Hearing loss; Speech perception; Telephone communication

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; BIMODAL DISPLAYS; HEARING LOSS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION;

AUDITION; BANDWIDTH; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; WHITE NOISE;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGING; AUDIOMETRY; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952198542     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720810380404     Document Type: Article

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